How to control your Facebook privacy settings

[JMH]

Facebook's privacy settings are confusing by design, often hiding similar settings in totally different menus and defaulting to unnerving levels of public sharing. Ensuring that you share the right information with the right people can be difficult, and Facebook even has a few specialized settings that will override your other privacy settings if you aren't careful. Luckily you can take control of your privacy on Facebook fairly quickly once you know what you're looking for.

To that end we've assembled this quick guide to each part of Facebook's Privacy Settings page (accessible via the menu that drops down when you select the downward arrow at the top right of your Facebook page). Following it should help you get your Facebook information locked down on the double. For each section of Facebook's privacy settings, we provide a brief description of what to look for, along with notable settings that you'll probably want to adjust. Click on any screenshot to zoom in for a close look at the different privacy settings on display.

http://www.itworld.com/saas/276752/how-control-your-facebook-privacy-settings

 

[Corrine]

It amazes me how many people have their information wide open in Facebook, with all their posts "public" and their profile showing everyone their e-mail address and mobile phone number.

The ESET Threat Blog has a nicely illustrated article, Millions have not reviewed Facebook privacy settings: Here's how. It isn't perfect but it is a help.

 

[JMH]

[h=1]How Facebook Security Guards Your Info[/h]

It goes without saying that Facebook has the responsibility to protect a huge number of users—900 million to be exact. But how, exactly, does it go about doing that? The Verge has an interesting look at the behind-the-scenes hidden security measures that are routine for the social network, but that we don't often think about. It seems to be looking out for the average user, though what Facebook is doing with your data itself is a completely different story.

http://gizmodo.com/5913408/how-facebook-security-guards-your-info