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If you’ve been on Facebook for a while you have probably uploaded lots of photos and posted countless status updates to your Timeline.
If so, you might be wondering if it’s possible to download all of those pics and updates to your local computer.
Well, it is, and it’s quite easy to do. [Read more…]
Did you pay attention to the news during the 2016 election cycle?
If so, you probably remember that several third-party groups mined Facebook user data for use in political campaigns.
Well guess what? You might well have given those groups permission to mine your data without even realizing it.
What’s more, you might still be doing it.
Now that folks are starting to travel for summer vacations, here’s a little reminder…
If you’ve been on Facebook for more than five minutes, you’ve no doubt seen lots of status updates similar to this:
“We just arrived at the airport. So glad our trip to Jamaica is finally underway! See ya’ll in 10 days!”
Most people would read this status update and think nothing of it, but a thief could read it and immediately start making plans to pay your home a little visit sometime during the next nine days. [Read more…]
As you probably know, some scams seem to come and go, often disappearing completely before they come back some time later with a vengeance.
One such recurring scam is making the rounds again, and it’s pretty dangerous.
This is a Facebook-related scam, but it isn’t actually perpetrated on Facebook. Instead, the scammers send a fraudulent message directly to your phone via text message or email.
The text of the fraudulent messages vary a bit, but they usually read something like this: [Read more…]
Question from Beverly: A man I work with but barely know sent me a nasty picture and a really disturbing comment in an instant message via Facebook Messenger and it really upset me.
I’d like to report him to HR but I’m afraid he’ll delete the picture and message before they have a chance to investigate.
I’d like to take a screenshot of the photo and message but I’m afraid if I do Facebook will notify him that I did it. Will they?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]