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Locking down your Facebook account step by step

Summary: Sick and tired of FaceBook's continual encroachment on your privacy? Because I no longer trust the service whatsoever, I’ve created a “How-To” for the advanced user for locking down their profile and minimizing their risk.

Jason Perlow

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Your Town/Address should be set to completely bogus information, with only the web site information filled out for your Fan Page and your blogs/Websites. All areas indicated by a red dot should have all data removed. Your core group of friends is perfectly aware of these personal details already.

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Topics: CXO, Security, Social Enterprise

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Jason Perlow, Sr. Technology Editor at ZDNet, is a technologist with over two decades of experience integrating large heterogeneous multi-vendor computing environments in Fortune 500 companies. Jason is currently a Technology Solution Professional with Microsoft Corp. His expressed views do not necessarily represent those of his employer.

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  • RE: This post reminds me of facebook

    Go to one page that should contain what you're after. only to have to go to another.
    Edit- Oh. This the picture gallery for the article.
    valvestate@...
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  • Just 4 U Jason...

    ...
    PARANOID for duMMieys
    :P
    jimiznhb
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  • ZDNet allowed this crap to be published?

    If you are going to BOTHER doing it, do it well or you'll be JUST AS BOGUS AS farcebook. Which is exactly how you are coming off!
    credmedia
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