{"id":33166,"date":"2012-06-07T22:47:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T22:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=33166"},"modified":"2012-06-07T22:47:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T22:47:32","slug":"daves-computer-tips-urgent-steps-for-facebook-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/daves-computer-tips-urgent-steps-for-facebook-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave&#8217;s Computer Tips: Urgent Steps for Facebook Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook_pad.jpg\" alt=\"facebooksecurity\" title=\"facebooksecurity\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31787\" \/><\/p>\n<p>by Pat McMullen in Daves Computer Tips<\/p>\n<h3><em>So you want to get on Facebook, now what?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Social networking has a lot of risks\u2013we\u2019ve been through this\u2014but if you take some care to know what you\u2019re getting yourself into you can avoid many of the pitfalls associated with sharing your self\/work\/life\/etc. online. Maybe you\u2019re about to setup your first Facebook account. Maybe you already have one, and are starting to get a little privacy-conscious. Maybe you\u2019re just trying to update your privacy settings after neglecting them for a while. To give you the full rundown on Facebook\u2019s current account settings, I created a new profile from scratch and took plenty of screenshots along the way. I went through every menu and every option to setup (almost) the tightest locked account possible, and I\u2019ll show you how to do it too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/New-FB-1_thumb.png\" alt=\"fb1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you are well aware, the first step in creating any account is almost always giving your email address, and that\u2019s what you\u2019re going to have to do at Facebook. (If you already have a Facebook account, bear with me for a just a minute.) The main point here is that if you want to use Facebook to connect to friends, but not to dangerous strangers, you\u2019re going to want to search for friends by their email addresses. So if you have a current contact book on one of your email accounts, you should link it up now to find your friends. Because once you set up a Facebook profile with strict privacy settings, it may be difficult for others to find you.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/new-fb-2_thumb.png\" alt=\"fb2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you\u2019ve entered all of the information about who, where, when, what, and why you are, you\u2019ll probably see lots of suggested friends that maybe work where you work, or went to school where you went to school. Current Facebook users recognize this as their news feed. The arrow in the top-right corner produces a drop-down box with your settings. I\u2019ll take you through the privacy settings step by step with a screenshot for everything. As before, if you have any questions about anything, or comments about what I\u2019m doing, feel free to leave them in the comments below, on our Facebook or twitter, or send me an email at pat.mcmullen@davescomputertips.com.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davescomputertips.com\/2012\/06\/gone-social-how-to-setup-a-safe-and-secure-facebook-account\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here&#8211;Facebook Privacy Settings as of Spring 2012<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt is shared with permission from davescomputertips.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook_pad.jpg\" alt=\"facebooksecurity\" title=\"facebooksecurity\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31787\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deciding to join Facebook is the easy part. Which settings you choose during the setup process is where the hard decisions start. The choices you make could affect your personal privacy today and for many years to come. Follow along and we\u2019ll show you what needs to be changed to keep you and your privacy safe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[4068,4152],"class_list":["post-33166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daves-computer-tips","tag-facebook-privacy","tag-social-networtk-privacy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Make These Facebook Changes for Privacy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deciding to join Facebook is the easy part. 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