This section focuses on cybersecurity, online safety, digital identity risks, and social-media-related security issues. Here you’ll find articles about account protection, impersonation, public data exposure, and how information spreads across social platforms.
Users Search – Find People and Profiles Across Social Media
Use our Users Search tool to investigate public social media profiles by name or username. Discover related accounts,
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Facebook Viewer – Unofficial Facebook Viewer Tool
If you need to view public Facebook profiles, pages, or posts outside the standard Facebook interface,
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Social network Facebook has introduced two new features to its own security system. This is reported on Facebook Security page.
Account security is closely tied to what information is publicly visible. To better understand what parts of a Facebook profile can be accessed by others, a facebook viewer tool can be used to explore publicly available Facebook posts and profiles.
24 years old student of the University of Vienna Max Schrems is fighting with the Facebook company for several months. It all started with the fact that Max posted a few well-composed letters to the Facebook, and made the California’s office to sent him a CD-ROM with all the personal data collected over three years of activity on the site.
The social network has confirmed its intention to scan all posted links on the site for malware and racism in real time with their partner – Websense company.
Australia may increase age limits for signing up to Facebook. If a positive decision on this matter is accepted, then sign up to Facebook in Australia can only begin at the age of 18.
For the first time recognition of faces in photos appeared on Facebook last year, but it worked only for users in North America. Now, a new feature available to all users without exception. When you load a new image Facebook will try to guess who is it, and offer to tag this man.
All the Facebook account holders potentially incur danger to be excluded from the list of the users of the social networking site. This may happen if they violate rules, moreover, irrespective of the reasons causing the violation. Ignorance of the rules is no excuse. That is why here is a list of things to avoid while visiting Facebook. If you follow them, you won’t face risk to be banned and will be able to keep in touch with your Facebook friends without any troubles. Read more
The number of naked and funny videos spread over the social networking site has considerably increased in a short span of time. The video is not worth to be advised watching as is puts malware on your computer and spam on the walls of all of your friends.
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It is generally admitted that the system of Facebook’s privacy policy is a little bit too complicated for a common user nowadays. That is why the company’s recent attempt to simplify the system and to make it more transparent was welcomed with opened arms. The previous numerous pages of privacy policy are going to be replaced with some more readable scribblings.
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A good privacy system in the net is of great significance. That is why Facebook pays to it so much attention and developed a multi-sided system of privacy aspects. You can choose out of over 170 options and get completely muddle herewith.
In addition to it the set of these options is not permanent; it changes from time to time and even if it looks like as you learned them inside out you may become confused after visiting this intricate Facebook Privacy Settings page next time.
If you want to understand what parts of a Facebook profile are actually visible to others, using a facebook viewer tool is a practical way to check how public Facebook posts and profiles appear outside the platform.
The only way not to get lost in this tangle maze of privacy options is to focus on the most important ones. Below you will find 10 indispensible settings that will ensure security of your Facebook accounts.
A Nigerian inhabitant of Jigawa has lately been committed to prison because of an unusual case. He posted a pointed curse on his Facebook profile about one of representatives of Jigawa’s authorities.
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