Facebook privacy Archives - Rick's Daily Tips

Warning: Be careful about what you share with your Facebook friends

Posted on January 29, 2024

As you probably know, Facebook asks for some pretty sensitive information when someone signs up for an account.

For example, among other things they request our address, phone number and birthdate.

Many folks just go ahead and enter whatever info Facebook asks for without giving it a second thought, and then they make that info viewable by all of their Facebook friends.

Even worse, lots of other folks make their personal info viewable by the general public (i.e. billions of complete strangers)!

That, in my opinion, is a very bad mistake. [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I prevent ‘followers’ from seeing certain photos on Facebook?

Posted on December 11, 2023

Question from Cindy: Rick, I have several “followers” on Facebook and I’d rather they didn’t see some of my more “personal” photos.

I don’t mind followers reading my public posts, but I’d rather restrict access to certain pics to just my Facebook friends. Can I do that? [Read more…]

Warning: Setting everything to Friends on Facebook won’t protect your personal info and photos

Posted on August 2, 2023

I write a lot about Facebook security, and I usually include one very important tip…

Set the privacy level for most everything on your Facebook account to either Friends or Only Me!

While I still strongly recommend that you do that, it’s important to remember that simply setting everything to “Friends” won’t guarantee that your personal info will never be seen by a nefarious stranger. [Read more…]

Did you know everything you’ve ever posted on Facebook is searchable?

Posted on July 5, 2023

You might not be aware of this, but Facebook’s search feature is quite powerful and extremely thorough in the way it conducts its searches.

As a matter of fact, virtually every public post, comment and photo you have ever placed on Facebook will come up in another user’s search results unless you have your privacy settings configured to prevent it. [Read more…]

Q&A: Who exactly can see the things I post on Facebook?

Posted on April 10, 2023

Question from Greg: I have my Facebook privacy set to “Friends”, not “Public”.

If I post something on my Timeline, can my friends’ friends who are not on my own friends list see it?

Also, if I comment on a friend’s post, can their friends who are not my friends too see my comment? [Read more…]