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Why you should avoid ‘Quiz’ posts on Facebook

Posted on March 10, 2025

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If you’ve been on Facebook for a while you’ve probably seen a wide variety of quiz-style posts pop up in your Newsfeed.

There are many variations of these posts, but the most common ones are of the “What is your spirit animal?” or “Which celebrity do you look like?” variety.

These posts can seem like they’re nothing more than just a bit of innocent fun, but the truth is some of them are quite dangerous. [Read more…]

Warning: Don’t depend on Facebook’s privacy settings to protect your sensitive info

Posted on February 25, 2025

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Many Facebook users believe setting the privacy level of their posts and photos to “Friends” will prevent their private/sensitive info from ever being seen by a stranger.

Unfortunately, that isn’t necessarily the case.

While “Friends” is the safest privacy level available (short of “Only Me”), it can’t put a pick-proof lock on the things you post on your Facebook profile.

One recent incident drives this point home quite well…

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How to download your entire Facebook history to your computer

Posted on February 19, 2025

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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…]

How to search old posts on Facebook (including your own) for any word or phrase

Posted on February 16, 2025

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In yesterday’s issue of my Tech Tips Newsletter I explained how everything you have ever posted on Facebook is searchable.

In a nutshell, if a post’s “Audience” is set to “Public” any Facebook user will be able to find it via the Facebook search tool.

After that newsletter went out several readers asked me how they can use the Facebook search tool to find posts dealing with a specific topic or phrase. Well, it’s actually pretty easy… [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware scammers impersonating you on Messenger

Posted on February 6, 2025

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Yet another Facebook-related scam is making the rounds, but this one isn’t being perpetrated on the Facebook website.

It’s actually taking place on Messenger app instead.

As Facebook scams go, this one is pretty simple but it’s also unusually widespread.

In a nutshell, the scam goes something like this… [Read more…]