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HOW MUCH DO you know about Facebook’s privacy settings. While it has received (mostly deserved) criticism over certain practices, its own security and privacy settings are quite vast.
However, most users mightn’t be aware of them meaning it’s more important than ever to check your settings and see what you have activated. Here’s what you need to know.
When you click on the privacy button at the top-right hand corner, you will be presented with a number of quick options. They include:
Who can see my stuff?: Whether your status updates are public or not, how your profile looks to friends and strangers, and a list of every action you’ve taken on the site.
Who can contact me?: Control who can message you and send friend requests.
How can I stop someone from bothering me?: Blocking someone essentially.
While these are useful, you want to click on more settings underneath and delve deeper.
Some of the options you saw earlier are covered here, but the ones you want to take note of are as follows:
Limit past posts: Lets you hide all posts from everyone in one fell swoop. If you want to change it, you have to go through each one individually.
Who can find you through your email/mobile no.: Rather self explanatory. For example, if you use your email/mobile for work but don’t want a client to find you, this is how you stop them.
Limit search engines: People can still find your account through Google, Bing or Yahoo. Turning this off stops this from happening although you have to give it a day before it comes into effect.
All of that is useful, but we’re not finishing there. On the toolbar located on the left-hand side, you will see a number of other options. For now, click on security.
The most useful and important section found in settings, it’s recommended to check this every so often. The options available here include:
Login notifications: If someone tries accessing your account through a different smartphone, you can get an email or push notification alerting you.
Login approval: Effectively two-step verification. If you’re logging in from an unknown browser, you will be asked to enter a code from your phone.
Code Generator: Your Facebook app will supply codes for entry whenever there’s a security problem.
Trusted Contacts: If you have trouble accessing your account, you can ask a friend to help verify you and get you back in.
Trusted Browsers: Similarly, you won’t get an alert if you’re logging in from a trusted browser.
Where you logged in: Every device and method you used to log into Facebook is here. Desktop, app, mobile web, and FB messenger is included here.
And we’re not done yet. The next step is to go into apps.
Every app, quiz and random event that required you to sign up is presented here. Chances are your list is longer than you initially realised, especially since logging into apps and sites with Facebook is so popular.
It’s a good idea to go into this regularly and clear out permissions for apps you don’t use any longer.
The fun part, while you can block users, more importantly, you can block app invites, event invitations and apps from your stream. If you’re bombarded by Candy Crush invites, this is what you’re looking for.
There are other settings available and it’s worth checking through them all, but if you go through the ones listed above, you will have very little to worry about from your end.
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@liam preston: He didn’t bottle this one. He did brilliantly to get in to the playoff. Since when was losing a playoff to an eagle bottling it?
@liam preston: He lost to an EAGLE!! Please explain how that counts as ‘bottling’?
@liam preston: you that hard up for attention. Says alot about you. Poor little small man.
@Richard Ford: still lost
@Alan Moloney: Yup but spare me the bottler b******t.
@Alan Moloney: well so did the other 125 players that didn’t win. You guys are clueless and beggers belief why you comment on articles that you haven’t a clue of. He’s won three times this season which is second only to Schauffle and 12 top 10′s which is third behind Shauffle and Scheffler. But yeah, he still lost, I guess.
@Kevin Dillon: Well said.
@liam preston: so how many golf titles have you won then
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: Well to be fair, he bottled it on the 72nd hole. Poor game management cost him a birdy and a win.
@Richard Ford: Here I’d imagine.babboons a plenty.
@liam preston: Yep
@liam preston: Not a piss artist like yourself? Jealous not?
Very unlucky. Rory Playing well just needs a little luck. Very consistent all season.
Despite all the knocks he at least keeps getting back up fighting. Keep going Rory.
He will have to cry into the 2nd place prize of a few million bless him , we all don’t know what problems are when you see this poor chap struggling
@Bundoon: If he was just playing for the money he would have jumped ship to LIV.
@Bundoon: who said he was struggling or worried about money other than yourself?
@McWingy: you don’t get sarcasm I see
@Bundoon: another clown
no shock, McIlroy the bottler, I tell ye all the time. Waste of time watching this bottler
@qffaffaf affrafrfraf: and Liam Preston
I would bet that neither of you looked at the golf this week or last, if you did, you would both know that you are full of guff. Rory was beaten by a steam roller last week, no one saw it coming, this week he started the last round three shots behind and made it to a play off after a brilliant eagle on the 17th, one of two all day. I would suggest that you both check your facts, look up the definition for bottling and get off the knock Rory bandwagon!
@qffaffaf affrafrfraf: so tell us , how many titles in any sport have you won then
@Mrs Leahy STMA: He didn’t even see it, don’t bother answering him.
@Peter Byrne: excellent retort as usual Peter
@qffaffaf affrafrfraf: Get help for yourself
Great talent, does his best, one of the worlds best
Will win at least 1major next year
@Will: no chance
In fairness to the guy he keeps coming back but lady luck doesn’t seem ever to be on his side. Yes his putting is the part of his game that just lets him down and others always seem to get the break. All said I’d love his bank balance
Lost it on the 72nd hole with poor course management.
@Tom tom: think you said that already mr sat nav. This nonsense of bad course management is bs. He ripped it down most fairways and over trees etc, hitting 9 irons into par 5′s. Margin of error is huge. Pulls it off and yeah it’s Rory. Fails by a half a meter and it’s bad course management. The guy was two back with two to play and he was cm’s of winning on the 72nd hole. Nonsense.
@Kevin Dillon: Mr sat nav, love it, lol.
South Dublin all right Jack sort sickened
@Argus Romsworth: Couldn’t agree more Angus!
@Argus Romsworth: you wha?
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