10 Staggering Facts About Facebook. ‘Friends’ can share your Facebook profile with the government, court rules. A federal judge has ruled that investigators can go through your Facebook profile if one of your friends gives them permission to do so. The decision, which is part of a New York City racketeering trial, comes as courts struggle to define privacy and civil liberties in the age of social media. In an order issued on Friday, US District Judge William Pauley III ruled that accused gangster Melvin Colon can’t rely on the Fourth Amendment to suppress Facebook evidence that led to his indictment. Colon had argued that federal investigators violated his privacy by tapping into his profile through an informant who was one of this Facebook friends. The informant’s Facebook friendship served to open an online window onto Colon’s alleged gangster life, revealing messages he posted about violent acts and threats to rival gang members.
The government used this information to obtain a search warrant for the rest of Colon’s Facebook account. See also: Social Media judge says tweets are for cops. How to protect your Facebook account from Rogue Applications. A rogue application is a Facebook application developed by someone with fraudulent or deceitful intentions. The application often doesn’t perform its stated objectives. They are designed to obtain account information of the user, and they can be used to spread spam, scams or other malware to friends of the infected account. Typical examples are: Profile Viewer AppsApps that redirect to phishing links and formsApps that lead to malicious downloadsApps that lead to survey scams The best way to guard against rogue applications is to avoid any third-party Facebook applications entirely.
If this approach is too extreme for you, there are some steps you can take to help protect your account. 1. 2. Here, you can click the Edit link to review the permissions of any apps you have installed or simply click the ‘x’ to remove them. Here you can see what Facebook data the application has access to, the last time it accessed your data, and you can set privacy settings for the application in question. How to Lock Down Facebook Privacy. Facebook privacy settings are complex and, to make things more difficult, they change on a regular basis. We explored how to lock down your Facebook account's privacy settings, for both your public profile and under the hood. Follow this simple step-by-step process to make sure you're not sharing anything outside your comfort zone.
Taking some time to lock down your Facebook privacy settings is a good idea. When Facebook makes future changes, it will be easier to keep on top of what's new. Take a look below for our privacy walkthrough. How to Lock Down Your Profile Find the main areas of your profile organized into tabs under your cover photo. About To get started, click on your "About" heading, scroll down and select "See All. " The "About" section is divided into multiple sub-sections, with a wealth of personal information in each. To check your privacy levels for each item of info, click on "Edit" at the top-right of each section. Friends and Followers Who can see your friend list? Photos Apps. Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn More.
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Facebook Difficulty (on a scale of 1-5, 5 being hardest): 5 Deleting a Facebook account is a bit more complicated than many other services. Then you can use the form found here to request deletion. Twitter Difficulty: 2 MySpace.