Category Archives: Facebook

Facebook Places – Notification Settings Falacy

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I’m going to try and nip this one in the bud. For those of you who don’t know what Facebook Places is you can read about it here. It is a new service by Facebook that allows you to “check in” at a location to let other people know where you’re at and who you’re with. I saw someone with this status today:

Facebook launched Facebook Places yesterday.
Anyone can find out where you are when you are logged in. It gives the
actual address & map location of where you are as you use Facebook.
Make sure your kids know too. TO UNDO: Go to “Account”, “Account
Settings”, ………”Notifications”, then scroll down to “Places” and
UNCHECK the 2 boxes. Make sure to SAVE changes and re-post this message

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Stay Safe On Facebook

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I’ve been on Facebook for a long time. I have seen people do some pretty dumb things when it comes to protecting themselves, their identity, and the identities of their friends and loved ones. One of the biggest threats on Facebook is to give strangers access to your personal information. A lot of people I know play Facebook games which rely on you getting your friends to be neighbors. What typically happens though is that your personal friends don’t play those games, so you go out and find a bunch of random people to be friends with so that they can help you in the game.

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