Caitlin writes: I’m okay with Facebook automatically sharing my gender, location and profile picture (among other things) but I want to make sure that “everyone” does not have access to my personal photos. From what I can tell (and according to one...
Hey, who goes there? Maybe it’s nothing—or maybe it’s the stealthy sound of someone tagging you in a Facebook photo, or a hacker sneaking into your account, or a rogue app having its horrifying way with your Facebook wall. Read on for five terrifying...
MissPhedora writes: Someone has gotten into my Facebook and deleted or changed my information (not good) and changed my password. I can not access it and it does not sent me a code (obviously they also changed my alternative email address). I want to lock my Facebook...
Apple’s massive update for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad systems software is due to arrive today—and based on the impressive list of features included in the update, I suggest you go ahead and install the software as soon it arrives. Update: Many...
Randy writes: I’d like my Google profile, Picasa, etc., to not show up on search engines. What do I do? Google may be all about search, but it is possible to hide your Google+ profile from the prying eyes of search engines. As Google points out, though, anyone...
SFbayarea writes: So all of a sudden FB is listing BY NAME everyone you share a status update or other post with (if you use subset lists of your entire “friends” population) so everyone can see literally everyone else you shared that post with. You need...
Some of the best new Facebook privacy controls—including the ability to pick and choose who you share your posts and photos with—just landed on Facebook’s iPhone app. Available now on the App Store, version 3.5 of Facebook for iPhone also adds several other new...
Don’t like the idea that you can be tagged in any photo uploaded to Facebook—including, say, that snapshot from the holiday party you’d rather forget? I don’t blame you. But while Facebook’s improved privacy controls (which went live last...
Yep, it’s another Facebook privacy controversy, this time centering on Facebook’s phonebook application—which, as many startled Facebook users have discovered in recent days, is capable of storing all the numbers in your phone. Say what? The warning, which...
Love playing FarmVille on Facebook, but wish it would stop posting updates to your Facebook wall like “Jane needs a Sawhorse!” or “Louis needs your help in the Craftshop”? Well, good news: Facebook’s privacy settings let you customize...
