3 facebook setting you should check now

Recently Facebook has made some changes to the application on the privacy aspects. The Newyork Times have an article on the 3 Facebook settings every user should use.

Who Can See The Things You Share (Status Updates, Photo, Videos, etc.)
To change this setting back to something of a more private nature, do the
following:

1. From your Profile page, hover your mouse over the Settings menu at the top
   right and click "Privacy Settings" from the list that appears.
2. Click "Profile Information" from the list of choices on the next page.
3. Scroll down to the setting "Posts by Me." This encompasses anything you
   post, including status updates, links, notes, photos, and videos.
4. Change this setting using the drop-down box on the right. We recommend the
   "Only Friends" setting to ensure that only those people you've specifically
   added as a friend on the network can see the things you post

Who Can See Your Personal Info

1. From your Profile page, hover your mouse over the Settings menu at the top
   right and click "Privacy Settings" from the list that appears.
2. Click "Profile Information" from the list of choices on the next page.
3. The third, fourth, and fifth item listed on this page are as follows:
   "birthday," "religious and political views," and "family and relationship."
   Locking down birthday to "Only Friends" is wise here, especially considering
   information such as this is often used in identity theft.
4. Depending on your own personal preferences, you may or may not feel
   comfortable sharing your relationship status and religious and political views
   with complete strangers. And keep in mind, any setting besides "Only Friends" is
   just that - a stranger. While "Friends of Friends" sounds innocuous enough, it
   refers to everyone your friends have added as friends,
   a large group containing hundreds if not thousands of people you don't know. All
   it takes is one less-than-selective friend in your network to give an unsavory
   person access to this information.

What Google Can See - Keep Your Data Off the Search Engines

1. From your Profile page, hover your mouse over the Settings menu at the top
   right and click "Privacy Settings" from the list that appears.
2. Click "Search" from the list of choices on the next page.
3. Click "Close" on the pop-up message that appears.
4. On this page, uncheck the box labeled "Allow" next to the second setting
   "Public Search Results." That keeps all your publicly shared information (items
   set to viewable by "Everyone") out of the search engines. If you want to see
   what the end result looks like, click the "see preview" link in blue underneath
   this setting

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