How to fix your Facebook Privacy Settings the easy way

19 05 2010

Third party website Reclaim Your Privacy offers a free scanning tool that analyses your Facebook account and offers suggestions on how to fix those Machiavellian settings buried deep in Facebook where nobody can see them.

You drag the bookmarklet to your browser toolbar and then log into Facebook and go to the privacy main menu. Once there, click on the bookmarklet and the tool will have a good look at the way your account is configured. Here’s what it found on mine.

Give away all your personal details

By clicking the links, you are taken to that page with the option to opt out. Facebook, shame on you.

Share all your personal stuff - Facebook

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