People generally prefer to maintain a high degree of privacy on social media sites, especially.”Facebook“(Facebook). If you are one of these people, we advise you to follow a set of tips to help you know how to maintain your privacy on Facebook
1- Be careful not to share any private information on your page
You should pay attention to what you post on Facebook or any other social networking site, because there are many people viewing your posts, so do not reveal too many personal details about yourself in the posts. The best steps to maintain privacy are not to publish anything that reveals your identity, address, or place of work, and everything that you consider private and do not want anyone to know.
2- Use a strong password
Not only on Facebook, but on all sites and social media, you must use a strong password to log in, as it is recommended that your password consist of at least 6 characters and contain at least one symbol and a combination of upper and lower case letters, because the more a word The password is longer and more complex, the less likely it is that your page will be hacked and your personal information will be accessed, and you should not reuse the same password for more than one site.
3- Control who can see your posts
To enhance the actual privacy settings on Facebook, customize who can see your posts, through your Facebook settings page, by clicking on the small triangle icon at the top and left of the page. If you use the Arabic language, and select the “Settings and Privacy” option, then you can choose From the list of items you want to modify, then choose “Settings”, which will take you to the general account settings page.
Click “Privacy” from the list of options on the side of the screen. You will see several options for who can see your posts on Facebook. If you select “Public,” everyone, even those who do not have private accounts on Facebook, will be able to see your posts. If you select “Friends Only,” Only your Facebook friends can see your posts.
If you select “Friends Exclude,” you will prevent certain people on your Facebook friends list from seeing your posts. As for choosing “Only Me,” you are the only one who can see your Facebook posts. The “Specific Friends” option also appears, enabling you to choose specific people from your friends list. To see your posts.
When you choose “Custom,” this option allows you to include and exclude groups and individuals from reading your posts.
To maintain your privacy, you should avoid choosing the “Public” option.
4- Edit the “About” section on your Facebook profile
You can specify specific information in the “About” section of your Facebook profile, because the privacy of information in the “About” section is automatically set with general settings, which means that everyone can see it by default.
So you have to change this, by clicking on your profile picture at the top right of your Facebook page and clicking “About”, so you can edit, add or delete the information that you share with others.
Since you can specify the audience for each of the categories by clicking on the gray privacy icon to the right of it, you can specify who can view this information by choosing from “Public,” “Friends,” “Only Me,” “Close Friends,” and “Close Friends.” This “Close Friends” option is on your personalized list of close contacts.
5- Do not allow anyone other than your friends to message you
You can specify this through the How to Receive Message Requests section, where you can specify the people who are allowed to send you message requests. You can also choose the ability to receive certain messages, but you must filter them in a special folder, away from your inbox. This is one of the options that maintains the privacy of your page and does not allow people you do not know to contact you on Facebook.
6- Reduce friend requests
Reducing the possibility of receiving friend requests on Facebook from people you do not know enhances the privacy of your Facebook page. You can get rid of or reduce these requests by modifying your Facebook privacy settings. First, select the “Privacy” option from the menu to the left of the “General Account Settings” screen. If you hover over the option “Who can send you friend requests?” You should see the “Edit” option, and when you click on it, choose from the resulting drop-down list if you want to receive friend requests from everyone or only from your current Facebook friends.
7- Turn off “location history”
When you turn on Location History, Facebook creates a list of the locations you've visited while using your mobile device, and logs this information even when you're not using the app. Stopping this service is one of the ways to preserve your privacy on Facebook.
8- Hide your profile
One important way to enhance your privacy on Facebook is to hide your profile, so that people cannot find your file, by limiting who can access your page using the email address or using the phone number that you put on Facebook.
9- Set a strong password for your phone
It is possible for someone to steal your phone and access the Facebook or Messenger application and view your privacy. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the phone away from these people. There are devices that support application locking in order to protect against such situations.
Facebook helps you communicate with the world easily, but there are some risks, such as account takeovers, links or fraud, so you must pay attention to enhancing the privacy of your page on Facebook.
Source: Al Jazeera Net
