Recently, lots of Facebook users have been posting privacy notices and the need to get expressed written consent for the use of their pictures or content. Out of fear, other users see the post and share it by copy/pasting it on their own walls causing the whole thing to go viral. While the post may sound legal, beguiling the user to think (erroneously) he or she is actually protected, these messages have no legal bearing whatsoever.
The worst part is, people don't even bother to check the veracity or authenticity of the message. They just simply assume that because it's being posted on Facebook, it must be true the same way chain emails are true. (If you don't forward this blog to 10 friends, the DPRK will nuke the US.) However, a quick check on Snopes.com will tell you all you need to know about the message you're posting. But if you still don't get it, College Humor has a video that will make you feel like a downright idiot. If you're still in doubt, just Google it and see the results.
So, stop posting useless, none binding legal notices and stop asking your Facebook friends to perform security tasks for you. Take responsibility for your own security. Secure.me is just one of many available free apps that can help you in this regard.
Secure.me
Let me start by saying Secure.me is a monitoring tool, it will NOT configure your privacy settings on Facebook; you still have to do that yourself. What Secure.me does is scan all your photos, activities (latest user activities, status updates, comments, likes, places and friends), privacy analysis (personal information), profile analysis (questionable language on wall posts) and network analysis (questionable language on your friend's posts), and then proceeds to give you an account summary of its findings. You may or may not care for the language analysis feature of Secure.me, but it's there for a reason. Job recruiters and HR personnel normally do Facebook background checks of potential employees. By minimizing objectionable language, candidates will have a more positive projection of themselves.
After you install Secure.me (I am assuming you know how to install a free app), go ahead and login. You should see the following screen. Right click the image and select 'Open image in new tab' from the contextual menu. A full size image will open in the new tab. I've boxed and labeled the sections 1 to 5 which are explained below.
1. Automatic Monitoring
You can choose to have your Facebook page monitored 24/7 (ON) or you can manually scan your profile (OFF). If this is the first time you use Secure.me, change the setting to ON.
2. Scan Now
The first time you use Secure.me, the Automatic Monitoring option is set to OFF by default. Click the Scan Now button. After the scanning process is complete, which can take several minutes depending on the time frame option (7 days, 30 days, 90 days), set the Automatic Monitoring option to ON.
Below these two options is a graph of the results of the scan. And right below the graph, it displays a summary of the analysis of privacy issues as well as the state of your profile and your network. Each of these three topics gets a rating up to 10 points, with 10 being the best.
(cont'd. in pt. 2)
The worst part is, people don't even bother to check the veracity or authenticity of the message. They just simply assume that because it's being posted on Facebook, it must be true the same way chain emails are true. (If you don't forward this blog to 10 friends, the DPRK will nuke the US.) However, a quick check on Snopes.com will tell you all you need to know about the message you're posting. But if you still don't get it, College Humor has a video that will make you feel like a downright idiot. If you're still in doubt, just Google it and see the results.
So, stop posting useless, none binding legal notices and stop asking your Facebook friends to perform security tasks for you. Take responsibility for your own security. Secure.me is just one of many available free apps that can help you in this regard.
Secure.me
Let me start by saying Secure.me is a monitoring tool, it will NOT configure your privacy settings on Facebook; you still have to do that yourself. What Secure.me does is scan all your photos, activities (latest user activities, status updates, comments, likes, places and friends), privacy analysis (personal information), profile analysis (questionable language on wall posts) and network analysis (questionable language on your friend's posts), and then proceeds to give you an account summary of its findings. You may or may not care for the language analysis feature of Secure.me, but it's there for a reason. Job recruiters and HR personnel normally do Facebook background checks of potential employees. By minimizing objectionable language, candidates will have a more positive projection of themselves.
After you install Secure.me (I am assuming you know how to install a free app), go ahead and login. You should see the following screen. Right click the image and select 'Open image in new tab' from the contextual menu. A full size image will open in the new tab. I've boxed and labeled the sections 1 to 5 which are explained below.
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| Secure.me User Home Page |
1. Automatic Monitoring
You can choose to have your Facebook page monitored 24/7 (ON) or you can manually scan your profile (OFF). If this is the first time you use Secure.me, change the setting to ON.
2. Scan Now
The first time you use Secure.me, the Automatic Monitoring option is set to OFF by default. Click the Scan Now button. After the scanning process is complete, which can take several minutes depending on the time frame option (7 days, 30 days, 90 days), set the Automatic Monitoring option to ON.
Below these two options is a graph of the results of the scan. And right below the graph, it displays a summary of the analysis of privacy issues as well as the state of your profile and your network. Each of these three topics gets a rating up to 10 points, with 10 being the best.
(cont'd. in pt. 2)
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