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Face the Facts on Facebook
Posted: May 20, 2010 (10:09) under Security

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Don’t even THINK your mother won’t see what you said about her.

We’ve ranted about Facebook before; its inflexibility, its unreliability, the fact that Viggo Mortensen won’t Friend u- oh, never mind that last bit. We’ve hardly even gotten started on the privacy leaks, and it’s a good thing, because they’ve just made them much worse. Fortunately, there’s a useful little tool you can simply add to your Bookmarks that will tell you where your Facebook profile is vulnerable; it’s called PrivacyScanner, and it’s from ReclaimPrivacy.org.

Here’s what it says about my personal profile:

secure    Instant Personalization is currently sharing personal information with non-Facebook websites. you are opted-out of the Instant Personalization feature

secure – all of your personal information is at restricted to your friends or closer

secure – all of your contact information is at restricted to your friends or closer

secure – all of your friends, tags, and connections information is at restricted to your friends or closer

INSECURE – your friends can accidentally share your personal information. Prevent friends from sharing your data

secure – you have blocked all known applications that could leak your personal information

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