Facebook Privacy

On the heels of news that people's Facebook privacy is being violated by software, etc., one should be vigilant. Below is a guide from the WSJ.

Five Ways to Boost Your Facebook Privacy

Facebook's privacy settings aren't always simple. From The Wall Street Journal, here are five step-by-step guides to adjusting some of the most important ones.

Limit Who Can Post to Your Timeline

Follow these steps to prevent friends from posting to your timeline, and fine-tune who can view those posts.

• 1. Open Facebook's main privacy page.
• 2. Next to the text that says "Timeline and Tagging," click "edit settings."
• 3. In the box that pops up, the top two options correspond to who (a) can post to your timeline, and (b) who can see those posts.
• 4. In the dropdown for "Who can post on your timeline?" you can choose between "Friends" (the default) and "No One" (e.g., only you).
• 5. The dropdown for "Who can see what others post on your timeline?" provides much more granular options.