The Definitive Facebook Lockdown Guide - Securing your privacy settings (Sept. 2011)

Summary: (Sept. 2011) This gallery guide is designed to help you secure your Facebook privacy settings.

By Zack Whittaker | January 3, 2011 -- 02:41 GMT (18:41 PST)

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Where you should be: Account > Privacy settings page.

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Another new feature for Facebook users: this feature allows you to limit who can see posts and statuses that you have already put on Facebook in bulk -- saving you from a lot of time, having to go through each post you have made.

It's a very useful setting, but it can not be undone once you have done it. This is only for those who think they may have posts that are publicly available, for everyone on or off Facebook to see.

1. Click Manage Past Post Visibility under the Limit the Audience for Past Posts heading.

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RE: The Definitive Facebook Lockdown Guide - Securing your privacy settings

Just stay off Facebook.

james347
3 January, 2011 12:29

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Stay off

Yup, it is much easier to just stay off of Facebook.
I am on it, but, have no idea why. I have not seen any benefit from its use. Might use it if I was a teen.

BigJohnLg
20 January, 2011 16:07

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RE: The Definitive Facebook Lockdown Guide - Securing your privacy settings

yep,but at least we learn something today..xD

topone67@...
11 June, 2011 00:56

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RE: The Definitive Facebook Lockdown Guide - Securing your privacy settings

interesting...

Singh Sami
5 September, 2011 08:47

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RE: The Definitive Facebook Lockdown Guide - Securing your privacy settings

So now the detailed control you used to have of your profile is gone. Now everybody can see my birthday and physical contact info, both of which are available on a need basis, it used to be controlled by a custom friend list and custom privacy setting.

Wasn't this "all" or "only things we think are important" the kind of security model in Windows before XPsp2?

Dave Keays
8 September, 2011 09:40

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ALL WALLS are now EXPOSED!

Even if you set your "privacy" settings to not allow anyone to post on your wall.....you can still "see" the wall!!!!
Is there anyway to "hide" it like before?
I ask, because i think FB is purposely wanting users to "slip up" - for example - if you comment on a company's wall or 'like' something -- it shows up on your wall for ALL to see.....even though you have set it for 'only you'.
They have taken away many of the privacy restrictions so now EVERYONE can see your wall -- and you have to go back and wipe everything clean (like "changing your profile) - because it shows up PUBLICLY!!!!
I've set everything I can to private/only me and still - EVERYONE can "see" my wall -- not everything posted on it - but stuff still shows up for EVERYONE to see.
HELP!!!!!

jacie2000
20 September, 2011 12:30

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RE: The Definitive Facebook Lockdown Guide - Securing your privacy settings

Slide 4. Option (1) "Custom" does not appear even though I have friends lists. "Custom" DOES appear in option (4).

Night_Watch53
12 October, 2011 16:08

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