in the current discussions about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica ( 1 ): Please tighten your Facebook privacy!
We have explained exactly how this works step by step here!
Check the box:
► Login Notifications: Email Address & SMS/Push Notification ✔
Remove
► Remove unused applications (apps) ✖
Content, contacts and searches
► Who can see your future posts: “Friends”
► Who can see your friends list? “Just me”
► Who can send the friend requests: “Everyone” or “Friends of friends”. Our recommendation: “Friends of friends”
► Whose messages should be filtered in my inbox: “Strict filtering”
Remove check mark
► Do you want search engines outside of Facebook to show your profile? No
Limit visibility
► Who can post to your timeline: “Friends”
► Check marked posts first: “Enabled”
► Who can see marked posts: Our recommendation: “Friends”
► Who can see what others post to your timeline: Our recommendation: “Friends “
► User tagging suggestions: “Enabled”
► Combine your actions with ads: “Nobody”
Mimikama tip
1) How to hide your friends list from prying eyes
2) The privacy settings for photos
3) Sort friends into lists - more privacy
AND…
► Delete your browser's cookies when you close it (even if you have to log in again each time)
► Deactivate GPS
on your smartphone ► Use Facebook on your cell phone via the browser and not using the Facebook app
► A separate browser for Facebook to use. So one browser for Facebook, another for the rest.
Additional…
► Everyone is responsible for what Facebook knows about them. Only post what you would say LOUD on the street. You don't have to post your entire life on Facebook
More articles on this topic:
► Detailed guide including screenshots: This is how you can make your Facebook profile a little more secure.
► How do I hide my friends list so that only I can see it.
► The privacy settings for photos
► Control advertising on Facebook.
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