I chose the article "5 ways to secure your Facebook profile in a post-Timeline world". This article was written by Logan Kugler. On February 7, 2012 Kugler writes about Facebook's newest addition, the Timeline. Within the article is advice that is meant to make Facebook users aware of the privacy options Facebook has to offer. The article stresses how important privacy is for your own security reasons in the future. For example when you are trying to get a job, something you post to Facebook could affect whether you are hired or not, simply because your employer could have seen it.
One security option available is limiting your connections. You can do this by changing your privacy settings according to who you want to be able to look up your Facebook page, who can see your contact information, and by controlling who can send you messages. You can also control who can add you as a friend, who can post on your Timeline and who can see the posts that are posted by others, on your Timeline.
Another option in securing your Timeline, is viewing the posts and photos you are tagged in and choosing whether you want them on your profile or not; before they become public. If you do decide to approve a tag, you also have the option to choose who else can and can't see it. A third security option is controlling the information that is asked for by the apps you play on Facebook.
You can stop other Facebook users from taking information about you through your apps by simply changing who can and cannot view it. The last option you have at controlling the privacy on your profile, is removing older posts from a long time ago that you do not want other Facebook users to have access to.
I think this article is interesting. I did not realize that the new Timeline gave people more access to your personal things. It is good to know that there are multiple precautions to help keep your profile and the posts that are on it, hidden from anyone you would like.
You can find more information about Facebook Timeline @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMDSzYZxh6I
I am shocked that Facebook allows this type of breach of privacy. There are a lot of things that you can do to show how much or how little information you display, but the thing is, should Facebook be automatically revealing this information to other users who can see it? This article shows that there are ways to protect your privacy, but there are a lot of people who are unaware of how much information can be exposed to the Facebook community. Timeline was not that important to add and it only displays more private information, and you can view somebody’s conversations through wall posts. Although it’s good that Facebook announced the privacy issue, it’s was a little too late as people have already been ‘creeped on’ by other users.
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