Note:  This is part 7 in the series “The Dangers of Facebook”

Part 7 Changing Your Facebook Privacy Settings = To Max Protect

Just like with internet browsers, there are settings you need to change on Facebook to protect yourself.  If you’ve read parts 1-6 then you know the dangers and what to protect, now I’ll walk you through how to do this.

Log in to Facebook

Go ahead, log in if you aren’t already.  Try not to get distracted by all the new stuff people have posted…OMG Kim went to McDonalds for lunch today!  And she had two orders of fries!  Awesome!  My life is now complete!  Wait, back on topic.  Look up at the right hand corner of the page in between your name and the logout button.  Scroll over  the Setting link up there and click on account settings.   Let’s start with your Name.   Remove your middle name or initial if it is on there.   I’ve touched on the email so go ahead and click ‘manage’ on the privacy section.

Managing your Privacy

Try to stay with me here..Facebook doesn’t make this all that easy.  You have to jump through a few hoops to change everything.  Click on profile and restrict everything to ‘Only Friends’.   You can also customize these if you want to block certain people from seeing things.  Click Save when you are done.   On that same page click on the link called “edit photo albums privacy settings”…it’s under the ‘Photos tagged of You’.    Change all of those to ‘Only Friends’.   Then click save settings at the bottom of the page.   Now go back to the main privacy page and again click on profile..for some reason Facebook doesn’t take you right back to where you were.  But get back to the page where you clicked to change your photo album privacy settings.

Click on the tab at the top that says ‘Contact Information’, it’s right text to a tab called ‘Basic’ which is where you were.   Now you can restrict any personal information you might have listed in your account.  I would change the settings on these so that ‘No one’ could view any of it except for maybe your website if you have one for your business.  But your friends should already know your phone number (which shouldn’t be on there), your address (they can call and get this), and your email.  So don’t make it visible.  Again, click save changes at the bottom when you are done.

Now on this same page click on the ‘Visit applications page in order to change settings for applications’.  It’s in blue at the top in a sentence.   Go through all of those and also restrict to ‘Friends Only’.

Search Privacy Settings

Alright now I need you to go and scroll over ‘Settings’ at the very top of Facebook and click on ‘Privacy Settings’.  It should take you to a page Called ‘Privacy’ that lists Profile, Search, News Feed and Wall, and Applications.  Click on Search to start.

You have some choices to make here.  Do you want to be visible to everyone?  It’s your decision and really it matters if you are interested in connecting with people from your past that may only find you this way.  Unless you are really paranoid then making yourself visible to everyone is okay.

Now you want to limit the ‘search result content’.  I would uncheck the ‘pages I am a fan of’ and ‘my friend list’.  And you can uncheck that profile pic if you are uncomfortable with that.  Another way you can really protect yourself is to uncheck the ‘a link to add me as a friend’.  This forces someone to actually send you a message before they can be your friend.   If they really want to be your friend then they should send you a message…if that’s too hard for them then why be friends with them?  Finally decide whether you want to have a ‘public search listing’…is there any reason you want your Facebook profile to show up when your name is searched for on Google or another search engine?    When you are done click ‘Save Changes’ and click on ‘Privacy’ at the top.

News Feed and Wall

Once you are back to ‘Privacy’…I told you this wasn’t the easiest thing to do.  Click on News Feed and wall.  Here you need to decide if you want all of your friends to know when you post something to another friends page?  I uncheck all of this.  It’s up to you but if I post something to someone else’s page then it’s for them..not everyone.

Next click on ‘Facebook Ads’ at the top of that News Feed and Wall page.  It’s a tab at the top next to ‘Actions within Facebook’.   Change the ‘Allow ads on platform pages to show my information to’ No one.  Make sure this is set to ‘No one’.   Also set the ‘show my social actions in Facebok Ads to’ No one.  Once both of these are set to No one then click save changes at the bottom and click back to the main privacy link on that page.

Now click on the ‘Applications’ Section of the privacy page.  There are two tabs on that page…the overview and the settings.  Read the overview if you like but click on settings to make the changes.  I’m guessing 99.9% of you can’t click on the ‘do not share any information about be through Facebook API’ because you have some type of application installed on your account.  Now I would uncheck everything on that list. There is no reason that I can think of to have this information available in multiple places.  It’s just another way to protect yourself.   Click on Save Changes at the bottom of the page…DO Not Forget to do this on these pages.  Facebook has put these on the bottom of the pages only and usually below your initial screen.  Go back to the main Privacy Page.

Blocking People

Ok this should be a no brainer but if you know anyone from your past that you don’t trust, don’t want to talk to, or has harmed you then block them.  Take some time and think about anyone that would fit into this category…it may be someone who has harmed someone you know.  Do you have a crackhead in the family?

Changing Your Profile Information

Now it’s time to make some changes to your profile.  Go to your profile page and click ‘edit my profile’.  This link is found underneath your photo on the left.

Basic Information

Remove everything you can.  Your friends already know if you are a guy or a girl.  They know where you live and they know your sexual preference.  None of this information is needed for your friends.  It’s great for voyeurs and people that don’t know you.  Do not use your real bday and do not list your hometown.

Personal Information

If you have filled this out…go through everything and make sure you are not giving away any passwords to anything.  Make sure there isn’t anything on there that could be used against you by your employer or a co-worker.  Do your friends already know all of this?  Who is this information really for?

Contact Information

I recommend using an email address that you do not use for any logins for your bank, insurance, or credit cards.  Remove multiple emails.  There is no reason to have your phone number on there and you sure as hell don’t want your address listed.

Education and Work

This is really up to you.  You have to decide how much of this information you want visible and how much of it you feel needs to be hidden.

Summary

I’ve called this “Max Protect” and that’s just what it is.  Most people are probably going to opt for something in the middle…choosing to leave some of this information visible but take the time to go through it all and make a choice instead of blindly setting up your account.  That way if something should happen, at least you made a choice and live with the consequences.

Again, two things to ask yourself when trying to decide what to remove and/or make private:

1. Don’t my real friends already know this information?
2. If this isn’t there for my real friends then who is this information really there for?

Note:  This is part 6 of the series on the Dangers of Facebook

Part 6 Your Hot Facebook Pics

I bet that got your attention, didn’t it?  Hot Pics!  Well guess what, if you post a ‘hot pic’ of yourself on Facebook…it gets everyone’s attention.  Guys do not take a picture of yourself with your shirt off and post it as your profile picks and girls don’t put a revealing pic up for your profile picture either.  Your friends already know you have great cleavage..don’t let everyone on Facebook in on the secret.

Your profile pic is available for everyone to view…think about that before you decide what it should be.  Potential employers, complete strangers, sexual predators, etc.  If people are looking at friends lists they will always stop on a revealing pic.  Do you want or need this attention?  Go to a dating site if that’s what you are looking for with this pic.  Don’t use Facebook for this.

Let’s talk about that profile pic a little bit more.  I urge everyone to use a pic that is not of your face.  I have seen people use a picture of a stuffed animal, clip art, the sky, nature pics, or an animated character.  This protects your face from people you don’t know.  Once someone becomes your friend then they can see your other pics but why not protect your face from people you don’t know?

If someone from your past is searching for you and they find your name and a picture of the sky for your profile, they won’t immediately know who you are.  Is that a bad thing?  No.  They can send you a message and ask if it is you from Smith High School.  If they don’t want to send that message, if they think that is too hard, then did they really want to reconnect with you in the first place?  Plus, they can still see any mutual friends that the two of you have so they will have a decent idea if it’s you or not.  So what’s the upside to posting an actual pic of yourself in your profile?  We already know the downside.

I get a ton of hits on this blog to the strangest things…and I bet that I will soon be getting hits daily on “hot facebook pics” or something like that…which means there are people searching those things.  All the more reason to protect your privacy.

Part 7 Changing your Facebook Privacy Setting = To Max Protect

Step by Step Instructions for those who want it.

Note:  This is Part 5 of the series on the Dangers of Facebook

Part 5 Your Naïve Friends

Alright!  Great Job!  You scrubbed your friend list, told your mom not to sign up for Facebook, rejected every fan page request in the world, and removed all your info from your account.  Protected right?  Nothing to worry about?  Wrong.

Even if you have removed all of your friends that aren’t really friends, you still have a problem.  Your current real friends haven’t read this and are naïve.  Their choices affect your privacy and security.  If their account gets hacked into…your information is now available too.  Let’s say ‘Tom’ is one of your best friends and he uses Facebook all the time.  He likes to post on your wall and make fun of you about things in your personal life…your favorite team, where you live, etc.  He also hasn’t protected his account and therefore his account gets hacked.  The hacker chooses to browse your information because it seems as though Tom likes to post on your wall a lot, so he’s got more to work with.  You are now a target because of Tom.  Tom’s not a bad person, he’s a great friend…just naïve.  And now it costs you.

What’s the easiest thing you can do to protect yourself from Tom?  Send him this link of course.  Even if he does a few of these things it will help and lessen the chances of something happening.  It will make him a less attractive target and make you a much less attractive target.

Part 6 Your Hot Pics

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This is going to be fairly quick post as, frankly, I just don’t have the energy to go too deep into much of anything. Turkey hangover (smile). That being said, here are four social media applications that peeked my curiosity this past week. They are HootSuite, Mr. Tweet, Klout, and Feedly. I have not had much time to play with any of these other than to get them set up and give them a whirl. I would suggest that you do the same as each has some very interesting applications.

HootSuite has been around for some time and has been viewed by many as a very effective Twitter client. Some folks swear by it over more well-known tools like TweetDeck and Seesmic. Well, it just got better. To my knowledge, HootSuite is the first to integrate LinkedIn updates into its feed selection. Mind you, others will follow and will follow quickly now that LinkedIn has opened up its API to developers but, there is something to be said for being first (smile).

Unlike TweetDeck and Seesmic’s Desktop client, there is no software to load. It is entirely web based. You can track both multiple Twitter and FaceBook accounts and will also follow your FaceBook fan pages starting next week. You may display up to 3 columns on a page at any time. However, you can have more columns than that and it is super easy to scroll across the page to reveal the additional columns. Not being able to do that easily is something I have always hated about both TweetDeck and Seesmic. Then again, maybe I’m just stupid and can’t figure it out (smile). In addition to columns, you can also add multiple tabs. So, I have a Twitter tab and one for FaceBook and one for LinkedIn. Each tab can also have columns. Think searches and, yes, it also supports Twitter lists and can import those from your account.  Hootsuite will also let you update to Ping.fm which gives you a variety of other sites that you can send to. For example, I use Ping.fm for Ning.

There are two features about Hootsuite that I have always loved. You do have the ability to send your updates now or at a specified time later. You can even do that with FaceBook. And then there is the Hootlet. This button sits on my toolbar and when I am at I site I find interesting, I can just click on that button and an update is created, the URL is shortenend, I can select any or all of my feed accounts, and decide to send that update now or later. That’s why I call this HootSweeet! Finally, HootSuite will also handle RSS feeds. I am thinking of it as an alternative to Twitterfeed which has been a little bit flaky as of late.

Mr. Tweet is a name that I had seen before but had never investigated. Yesterday I was followed by a local company and received an automated message that they had found me on Mr. Tweet. Hmmmm, said I. So, I went there to take a look. Sign up and Mr. Tweet will go to work analyzing your Twitter account and will direct message you later (about 1/2 hour) when it is prepared to share that information with you. Builds that sense of anticipation and curiosity (smile). Get your notification and follow the link to your page. What it does is analyze who you follow and who follows you and based on a set of algorithms suggests folks that you may wish to follow. If you do, they will get that automated message. It also suggests folks that you seem to engage with a lot and offers you an interface, if you wish, to write them a recommendation. Now, in my humble opinion, if you are out on Twitter and LinkedIn and begging for recommendations, you are truly missing the boat. Nothing makes me feel better than to write a recommendation for somebody who I appreciate and so doing without being asked. And the person that opens that little unexpected present … how do you think they feel about that? Probably the same way (smile).

Klout  is another interesting Twitter analytic tool. It takes your account, analyzes it, and provides a wide range of statistical information in various categories about just what kind of Tweeter you really are. It also makes suggestions on how to improve. Klout also suggests who in your circle are likely influencing you and others in your circle who may be influenced by you. It gives you and overall “Klout Score” which I would interpret as just how much of a Twitter heavyweight you really are. I would suggest that nobody gets “participation points”. Klout is a tough grader. I got a 33 and, yes, that is out of 100 (smile). Another interesting feature is that you can enter anybody’s twitter name and, if they are registered with Klout, you can learn the same things about them. Knowledge is …power (smile).

I’ve heard this name on and off for some time. Most recently, I have seen a number of articles about how this application will soon be available for Chrome and how excited folks are about that and that they may now be willing to switch over from FireFox. Chrome is starting to offer extensions now in case you missed that. At any rate, Feedly works with my Google Reader and presents these articles in a more user-friendly format. I can also share articles to Twitter, FaceBook etc. I can even do this with folks that subscribe to my reader or Feedly account. Feedly also comes with a little toolbar that pops up vertically on the lower right corner of the screen. You can disengage this, by the way. This toolbar is another “sharing tool”. If I like what I am reading on a page, I can click on the Twitter or FaceBook icons to share it our even email it. I really have not played with this app, however, I do have an idea for a business model where it may come into play.

Happy day after Thanksgiving! Thanks for visiting!

Craig

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facebook Tutorial Cara membuat Facebook (FB) Dengan Mudah

Facebook tutorial cara membuat facebook(FB) dengan mudah, kalau anda ingin bergabung untuk membuat facebook kamu bisa lihat di sini, karena saya berikan kepada anda dengan cara mudah membuat profile facebook.Facebook juga sangat bagus untuk memperbanyak teman, facebook juga hampirsama dengan friendster tapi di facebook banyak keunggulan-keunggulan yang di dapat dari pada friendster.

1. Dari pada basa-basi saya berikan cara untuk membuat Facebook (FB)dengan tutorial yang mudah :
   kamu bisa login di google atau yahoo lalu ketikan www.facebook.com
2. Di sebelah kanan kamu ada SING UP lalu isikan identitas diri anda yang lengkap
3. Kalau suda diisi semuanya lalu klik sign up
   di situ ada text in the box isikan sama dengan gambar tersebut lalu klik sign up
4. Sekarang kamu bisa masuk ke alamat email kamu yang sudah di daftarkan di facebook lalu kamu klik code verifikasi yang di kasih sama facebook
5. kamu akan masuk di faid friends using your email account
   Lalu isikan password email kamu, lalu klik find friends
   Kamu bisa menambakan teman yang ada di email kamu dengan klik select all friends selanjutnya klik add friends.

The first introduction of the TAO Metaversity and its newly announced  campus @ Kayenta, Utah came to fruition on the 19th of November. Many of those who attended have commented on this blog, facebook, through e mails and over the phone. They are expressing their sincere excitement about this “Sanctuary in the Desert”.

All that  attended this meeting, whether physically there or through the reading of this blog, mirror  the “Running Ambassadors” of the Mayan civilization. The “Running Ambassadors” were those who after receiving   new understanding, would then run to the villages delivering the new knowledge through personal conversation from one person to another. Each  of us have the choice to become a clear vessel to what has been introduced.  Referring to a past and present linage of  ”Running Ambassadors”, those attending this meeting received an image of the TAO Metaversity and  can now begin to share that knowledge by giving it voice. Through each Running Ambassador’s sharing, the TAO Metaversity keeps on gaining strength thanks to the help of other people’s thinking.

After the meeting, one of the present day Running Ambassadors recognized , “The statement you made about, ” The TAO Metaversity is already here”, was so true. It lives in all of us and what a beautiful place to have it.”  Another Running Ambassador stated, “I’ve got the folder telling all about the TAO Metaversity right here on the table with me. I’m so excited about what is already in action.” And  an exerpt from another Running Ambassador, who’s comments in their entirety are shared under recent comments on this blog, “I applaud the vision and energy- keeping the fire lit and gleaming brightly. Congratulations on this latest Development.”

Wendy Mendenhall
Founder

TAO Metaversity, Kayenta Campus

http://www.taometaversity.wordpress.com

Note:  This is part 4 of the series on The Dangers of Facebook

Part 4 Dangerous Fan Pages

Time for me to scare away your fan pages.  No, hopefully not but there are a few things to consider and certain fan pages to stay away from.

Apartment or Housing Association Fan Pages

Are these necessary?  Do you want people to know where you live?  Becoming a fan of your apartment complex is a pretty clear sign that you live there.

Common Security Questions

Let’s take a look at some common security questions to see how they relate to fan pages.  These are questions used to protect accounts and reset passwords for all types of things like email, rewards accounts, banks, credit cards, health and car insurance, etc

1. What is your favorite sport?
2. What is your favorite team?
3. What is your favorite tv program?
4. What is the color of your father’s eyes?
5. In what city were you born?
6. What is your favorite color?
7. What is your work address?
8. What is the name of the high school you graduated from?
9. To what city did you go on your honeymoon?
10. Where did you vacation last year?

Ok…that’s enough of those.  Those were just a sample of 10 common questions that are commonly asked.  Let’s say your favorite team is the New York Giants and you have become a fan of them.  You might have given away the answers to questions 1 and 2.  Maybe not.  but maybe.

You’ve become a fan of “The Office” on your Facebook account…do you also list that as your favorite tv program?  Is your father’s pic on your Facebook account..showing his eyes?  Is your high school listed on there and were you also born in that city?  Are you a fan of the place you vacationed last year or went on your honeymoon?

Yes, I know this may be reaching some but just wanted everyone to be aware of this information.  Think about these things when you setup your security questions…whatever it is, don’t use it in your Facebook account.  Don’t refer to it at all.   The more information you make available the easier it is for someone to guess your password or security question answers.

Becoming a Fan reveals yourself to other Fans

You’ve just become a fan of your favorite bar in town.  Now you are getting friend requests from people who have seen you at that bar and are also fans of that bar, which is how they found you.  That’s great if you want to become Facebook friends with everyone from the bar…but obviously very dangerous because you don’t know any of those people.  Fan pages are great for businesses but very revealing to individuals on a lot of levels.

Don’t accept friend requests from people just because you are both fans of things.  You don’t know them…don’t become their friend.  Don’t become fans of things that could be considered controversial if you are looking for or will ever be looking for a job.  Recruiters may use this information to remove you from consideration or it can be used against you by a current or future co-worker.  Also, becoming a fan of political views reveals a lot about your personal beliefs.  This may or may not be something you really want to reveal.

Becoming a Fan of a Venue

I’ve started seeing more and more of these occurring.  Big concert venues are using Facebook to promote their concerts which is a great marketing strategy.  The problem is when you post on that page or confirm that you will attend that event.  If you post on that walls page, you just introduced yourself to thousands of people who you don’t know.  If you confirm that you will attend a concert on Dec 1^st…you just confirmed that you will be out of the house that night.

There’s no reason to confirm on a Facebook page that you will be attending an event.  Why are you doing it?  Do not post something on that venue page’s wall either.  It’s one thing to post on a message board of your favorite band.  You create a user name and that’s it.  It’s not directly linked to the actual you…doing it on Facebook links to the real you.  See the difference?   That fan page is not a message board and don’t use it as one.  If you want to find out about events at a venue..sign up for their email list.  Why do you need to do it on Facebook?

Summary

There are plenty of things to think about before you sign up as a fan of something.  Think about what security answers you have out there and whether this fan page reveals that information.  Think about what type of people may also be fans.  What are the chances that a criminal is also a fan of the bar, the concert, or the restaurant that you just became a fan of?

You just introduced yourself to them and they may be waiting to see who divulges more information through wall postings and event confirmations.  And what about the guy who approaches you at the bar on Saturday night and says he remembers seeing you on the fan page…Sunday afternoon you get a friend request from him on Facebook.  Who is he?  What do you know about him?  If you become his friend..did you just reveal your address and when you would be out of the house and attending a function at that bar?

Get Ready for Part 5:  Your Naive Friends

Note:  This is Part 3 of the series on the Dangers of Facebook

Part 3:  Your Mom

Maybe the biggest threat to your security is your Mom.  Hey, we all love mom but don’t let her on Facebook.   Just don’t.  Here’s the problem…she doesn’t sign up on Facebook as your mom…she signs up as an individual using a name from her past.  She’s not just your Mom now…

The Maiden Name

You mom just sent you a friend request as Mary Jones Smith…her maiden name of Jones is now visible to everyone.   And I mean everyone!  It’s in her freaking name…right there in search results.  Who cares?  It’s just a maiden name, I mean no one ever asks for……OH SH**!  NOOOO!  DAMN DAMN!

Exactly…every financial institution I have ever dealt with uses that as one of the identifiers.  “We need to verify your account sir…what is your bday and your mom’s maiden name?”  Both of those might be right there on your Facebook account visible to all friends of friends or friends that you don’t really know.  See part 1.

And another question that pops up:  ‘what is your spouse’s mother’s maiden name’?  Is their mom on Facebook too?

Just Don’t Accept Mom as a Friend

It’s gonna break her heart…but deny her as a friend and you’re ok, right?  Wrong.  She’s become friends with the rest of your family and friends so they will see that maiden name one way or the other.  And every day more and more people are joining and women probably use their maiden name 90% of the time at least.  That way they can reconnect with people who knew them by the former.  Great for them…potentially a huge headache for you and your identity.

What you can do

Not much.  Get her not to join or bury her in the backyard.  Only kidding Mom.  But at least tell her not to join under her full name.  Make sure her settings block friends of friends, etc.  Good luck accomplishing all of that.  Financial institutions are going to have to remove that as a security question on very account.  It’s too easy to find now.  I almost hesitated including this because of it.   The sacred ‘maiden name’…visible to any thief.

Get out from under the covers and read Part 4 Dangerous Fan Pages -

Note:  This is part 2 of the series on Protecting Yourself on Facebook

Part 2:  What information should you avoid putting into your Facebook Account?

Welcome to part 2 of my series on “Protecting Yourself from Facebook”.  In this section we will examine what information doesn’t belong in your Facebook account.  There are certain items that are very useful to hackers and identity thieves..and well criminals in general.

Remove Your Birthday

Do it.  I know…you won’t get all those bday wishes but that is a key piece of information about you that shouldn’t be public.  How many times are you asked your bday to identify you or an account that you have?  You are giving that information away…and easily through your Facebook account.  Consider putting a fake bday on there if you want..move it up or back by 5 days if you just have to have a bday on there.

Remove the Specific City you Live in

Don’t tell the world that you live in a suburb of Houston like Katy…just say Houston.  Or remove it entirely. Giving away your specific city allows thieves to search records and narrow down the possibilities of which Joe Smith you are.  I see 200 Joe Smiths…but only one in Katy, TX.  That presents an opportunity to any thief or criminal.  They know your name, your city; they will have your exact address very soon.  And with your pic…well you get the picture.

Do NOT mention your Pet by Name

This is very common and on the surface it shouldn’t matter if you mention your dog’s name.  The problem is that one of the most common password protection questions is “what is the name of your favorite pet?”  Did you put in your current dog’s name?  You did?  Then I may have just gained access to your account.  So remove your pet’s name or make damn sure you have never used it as your favorite pet.

Protect Your Kids

Are you using your kid’s names somewhere on your page?  Is this information available?  What about their ages or what they look like?  There are some sicko’s out there so don’t let them even get a glimpse of your kids or their information.  Remove it.  You want your friends to see a new picture of your kids…send them an email or message it to them.  Don’t put it up for their entire network of friends to see.   I mean your friends have never dated or befriended anyone they shouldn’t have, right?

Your Employer

Is your place of employment visible to everyone?  Does it really need to be?  What does your employment say about you?  The hours you work?  The part of the city you work?  Don’t your real friends already know where you work?

Your Phone Number and Email

Tell me it’s not on there.  Just tell me you didn’t put it on there.  Is that email a login for any account..maybe your bank account?  Credit card account?  That combined with all of that other info will give a hacker your password or at least let them reset it.   Make sure only friends can see that email address and/or use one you do not use for any business accounts.  And I don’t really need to explain the phone number part do I?  Again, your friends already have this information or they are not friends.  If it’s a friend you are reconnecting with then you can just message that information to them.

Summary

You might have to get creative with some of this to get around Facebook requirements.  The choice is yours as to how far you want to go to restrict your information.  At the end of the day, keep asking yourself “Don’t my friends already know this, who is this information really for”?

Part 3:  Your Mom

Read Part 1 ’Your Friends’ List

Note:  This is part one of a multi part series on how to protect yourself on Facebook

After a long hiatus, I’ve decided to jump back into the blogosphere with something that I’ve been mulling over the past few weeks.  The dangerous side of Facebook.  Scared yet?  Facebook offers the chance to stay connected and reconnect with old and new friends.  In theory, it’s great…we all use and love it.  But you know who else loves it?  Criminals.  Identity Thieves.  Petty Thieves and worse.

So why is Facebook dangerous?  Quite simply there is a lot of personal information on it which is viewable to an audience who normally wouldn’t have access.  Most criminals can’t do the background work on a crime..it’s a big obstacle to overcome and protects us all.  Facebook knocks down that protective wall and exposes us.  Let’s examine ways to protect yourself other than deleting or wiping your profile clean.

Not my friends!  You can’t take my friends away from me!  Hold on there…are these 500 people really your friends?  When is the last time you talked to any of them?  When is the last time you saw some of them?  Do you know if they have a criminal history?

Step 1 is to scrub that friend list of anyone who you don’t really know.  I think a lot of us have accepted friend requests from someone who knows someone that we know…maybe we met this person once but we don’t know them.  Keep your friends list limited to just that friends.  People you know and trust.

Guidelines to scrubbing the friend list:

1) Have you ever met this person?

2) Have you met them more than once?

3) Do you really consider them a friend?  Would you refer to them as a ‘friend’ in normal conversation or would you say that you simply ‘know who they are’?

4) Do they have a criminal history?

5) Do they have a history of abusing drugs?

What about High School Friends?

Be careful who you accept as a friend from High School.  Just because you had English class with someone 15 years ago does not mean that you know them.  99% chance they are not the same person you remember.  They may be perfectly normal and a model citizen.  Or they could be strung out on drugs or have a history of violence in the past 5 years due to something occurring in their personal life.  You don’t know because you don’t really know them as a friend.

What about exes?  What about friends of ex’s?  I think Chris Rock said it best “if you haven’t contemplated killing someone then you haven’t loved a *$%#”.  Is that person really over you?  Is that persons friend ok with the way you treated your ex or the way they perceive you treated your ex?  See what I am getting at?  Maybe the ex is completely over you but one of their friends never forgave you for cheating on their friend…that would be problematic.

Friends who post a lot

This is a hard one.  We all have them.  The friends who spend their day on Facebook posting about every little thing they do.  These people typically have hundreds of friends and use multiple Facebook applications and they tell you what and where they eat lunch and how mad they are when it rains or it’s too hot.  These friends should scare the crap out of you.

If you and that friend do something…it’s getting posted on their wall.  They go to your bday party…it’s on the wall.  They go to your child’s bday party..it’s on the wall.  They go feed your dog because you are out of town…it’s on their wall.  Their friends may be able to view info about your as well.  Make sure all your privacy settings restrict access to only your friends and not friends of friends.    A friend with an unscrubbed friend list is dangerous to you.  Maybe they like the way you look in your pic?  Maybe they like the way your car or house looks in your pic?

Your Teenaged Kids

This kind of runs together with the person who posts a lot.  Teenaged kids are the worst…Think about what their friend list may look like.  How many of their friends are petty thieves?  Your kid’s friends should not be able to view anything about you..keep them far far away from your profile.  Teenaged kids are very unstable in their relationships and easily influenced.  Not a good combo.  There are infinite possibilities that could occur and most of them are not pleasant.

In Summary

Avoid these types of friends on your Facebook Account:

1)       Remove friends that you don’t really know

2)      Remove friends that are simply acquaintances you’ve met through others

3)      Restrict access to your information including pics to ‘friends only’ and NOT ‘friends of friends’

4)      Remove High School friends who you have not seen, talked to, or plan to talk to ever again

5)      Consider removing friends who over post or ask them to not post information about your life..where you have been, where you live, etc

6)      Remove your teenaged kids

Part 2:  What information should you avoid putting into your Facebook Account?

Excelente artículo de Cotizalia sobre los problemas que está teniendo Facebook para retener a sus mejores directivos.

Marck Zuckerberg,  creador y CEO de Facebook

“En las últimas dos semanas, la multinacional estadounidense fundada por Chris Hughes y Marck Zuckerberg ha visto como salían de sus oficinas en la calle Lagasca de Madrid sus dos primeros ejecutivos: Alejandro Vázquez Guillén, que ha fichado por la red rival Tuenti, y Juan Díaz, que se ha ido a Vivaki, perteneciente al grupo Publicis.”

Es una oportunidad  para repasar conceptos que hemos estudiado hasta ahora: holding, filiales, S.L, capital mínimo, sociedades de capital riesgo, remuneración de directivos, creación de valor, estrategia competitiva, competencia en un sector…

También, hace referencia a la imagen corporativa y su estructura organizativa:

“Facebook es una empresa joven, de rapidísimo crecimiento, pero comienza a tener problemas en algunos países con su modelo de privacidad, que ya ha cambiado hasta en dos ocasiones en 2009. La compañía ha reorganizado su estructura a imagen y semejanza de otros gigantes tecnológicos como Google, que tienen en España simples oficinas comerciales de representación, marketing y venta de sus productos globales.”

Esta imagen os está recordando algo que estudiamos hace poco…pensad un minuto antes de pulsar la pista…

La imagen está relacionada  con los problemas que ha tenido Facebook con la privacidad:

“Los usuarios de deben estar al tanto de que cuando abren una cuenta en Facebook también están aceptando compartir su información personal con las empresas publicitarias”

I was going to say “stitching” and I lied when I called it a “Very Nice Job” (smile). Let me put this all into perspective. I have been eating and breathing social media since the beginning of this year. This entire blog is evidence of that. I have also looked at, and I have no idea of how many, various Twitter and other social media aggregators that are out there. I have evaluated and blogged on about the same number of CRM packages, some very good add-ons that pair them with social media, and a number of other wonderful packages like Gist which is still something that I would encourage you to keep a very close eye on.

All that being said, I have yet to find a package that has come remotely close to the level of excitement that I am feeling right now with Threadsy. That does not mean that there is not something else out there that I have not yet seen or, for that matter, something may very well be released tomorrow that will vie for my affections. Today? Nothing I have encountered to-date has come so close to pulling me away from my beloved iGoogle Home Page. Here is why that may change…

I am so sorry that my crappy screen-shot utilities do not allow you to fully see the detail of this page. It is a thing of beauty in both design and function. So, what is Threadsy? It combines up to 3 email addresses (I have one on Google Apps and one Gmail), multiple Twitter accounts, and your FaceBook page and places them all on one page that allows you to both monitor and compose. “So what”, you say, “I can do that with TweetDeck and several other clients!”. Did you miss the part about email? I live on email. I also use both Twitter and FaceBook but would not call myself a power user of either. I just want something simple that works. And, I don’t like to jump back and forth between screens.

I’m still learning about this product and that is fortunate for you as otherwise this post would be about ten pages long. At least (smile). I plan on writing more about Threadsy in the future but will give you the “Cliff Notes” version for now ….

1. Up to three email accounts and, as stated before, I use both Google Apps and Gmail. You can read emails, reply, compose, everything. Emails that I generate via Threadsy automatically sync with those accounts. You can choose which account you wish to send from. Emails can be viewed in a smaller pane or enlarged to full screen width. “Reply” can actually be up to three levels: a quick reply without even leaving the “inbox”, reply in the smaller pane, or go to full pane in your reply. I have only found one reason to go “full pane”. It is the only way I have found to get to the interface to add a link to my email, something I hope that they will correct. There does not appear to be an auto signature line capability but it might (I don’t know) be able to use your standard one that comes from your email provider. I use the WiseStamp add-on for Gmail with FireFox and it did not grab that. Bummer.
2. The wide pane on the left is my inbox and that can also toggle to see sent messages. Notice that I said “messages” and not “emails”. This pane does include Twitter @ and direct messages. Sweeet!!
3. Click on any message to expand the message to read and/or reply and then, hang on, that right side pane is going to magically convert to an info screen for that particular person, their social media sites, their recent updates on Twitter and FaceBook, and photos that they may have posted. OMG! I can comment on their FaceBook postings and do anything I want with their tweets. Retweet, reply, the works. I can even choose to follow or unfollow.
4. The narrower right pane is typically used to track your Twitter and FaceBook activities only. You can choose to show everything together or just look at a specific Twitter account or your FaceBook friends. They do another nice thing that is also done by my BlackBerry client, SocialScope….my updates appear with my photo on the right of the post while my friend’s photos appear on the left. Makes it easy to separate the two.

I’m going to stop here before I get too far into other features that will make this post entirely unmanageable. Threadsy is only available via a beta invite at this time. Go to their site and submit your email address to request one. I’m guessing it took me maybe 3-4 weeks to get mine. I’ll still be using my iGoogle page for certain social media applications like sharing buttons but, Threadsy is hot, very hot! I’ll also say that when I got on it this morning, it would not load up for me. I lamented about this on Twitter and Udi from Threadsy was on me so fast it made my head spin (smile). Immediately, we had exchanged some information and my account was back and running. High marks from the CraigMeister (smile)!

Thanks for visiting!

Craig

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1. آنچه نیست ، آنچه هست.

روزگار روزگار غریبی ست و البته عجیب.دروغ مثل نقل و نبات در دهان مردم و تجلیل و اکرام دروغگو کار هر روز ملت.شاید دروغ تنها چیزی باشد که همه از آن متنفرند و همه هم از آن با نهایت افتخار استفاده می کنند.کوچک و بزرگ هم ندارد،زن و مرد هم ایضا.دادن آمار دروغ هنری ست بس عزیز و گفتن سخنان متناقض و پر از دروغ هنری ست دو چندان محبوب.از نبود تورم و گرانی می گفتند ولی کارگروهی برای مقابله با آن بنا می کردند.از نبود فساد می گفتند،آن هم در بلاد اسلامی،ولی از افشای مفاسد دم می زدند.از نبود زندانی سیاسی می گفتند ولی روز دیگر یا بهتر بگویم،شب دیگر زندانی سیاسی را اعدام می کردند.از نبودن و نداشتن همجنس باز می گفتند ولی اعدام همجنس باز را به چشم می دیدی.از نبودن مخالفان دولت می گویند ولی آنچه می بینی چیزی ست جز حامی دولت.از استقبال عظیم مردمی در سفرهای استانی می گویند ولی تنها شاهد حضور دانش آموزان مدارس ،احتمالا بدونه اعمال زور،هستیم.سخن از امنیت و اقتدار داخلی ست ولی روزی نیست که در کردستان یا بلوچستان بمبی نترکانند و سری بر باد ندهند.از رونق تولید در صنعت و کشاورزی می گویند ولی جز ورشکستگی و بیکاری در صنایع و کشاورزی نمی بینیم.و از نداشتن بمب اتم سخن می گویند و …..

مطلب بالا با الهام از وبلاگ زکی پدیا بود،وبلاگی که جملات قصار جالبی در آن وجود دارد .توصیه می کنم حتما سری به آن بزنید.از جملات قصار این وبلاگ:

دکتر علی کردان به علت ابتلای همزمان به چند بیماری به طور همزمان در چند بیمارستان بستری شد.

جهت ایجاد تراز جنسیتی بازداشت شدگان از امروز برای هر اغتشاشگر پسر 300 هزار تومان و برای دختران و افراد مسن 200 هزار تومان پرداخت میشود.(تبصره: فمینیستهای معترض به این قانون باید جهت تقویت قوای جسمی خود تلاش کنند.)

2. عکس نوشت.

لوس آنجلس تایمز خبر داده که احتمال دارد ندا آقاسلطان به عنوان چهره برگزیده سال ۲۰۰۹ بر صفحه اول مجله تایم نقش ببندد.سال ۲۰۰۸ چهره برگزیده مجله تایم، باراک اوباما، رئیس جمهوری سیاه پوست و محبوب آمریکا تعلق گرفت.گروهی در Face Book با نام Nominate Neda Agha-Soltan as the Time Woman of the Year با ۱۰۰۰ عضو در حال جمع آوری امضا برای انتخاب شدن ندا به عنوان چهره برتر سال ۲۰۰۹ مجله تایم است.مجله تایم  لینکی را نیز برای رای دادن به ندا در اختیارکاربران اینترنت قرار داده است تا با رای خود باعث قرار گرفتن تصویر ندا بر روی جلد مجله تایم در آغاز سال جدید میلادی باشیم.

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Tanpa bantuan ala Fesbuq
Fesbuq yang membuat takjub
menjadi candu yang membuat waktu menjadi gugup

Mengelola hati
tanpa fesbuq yang mengendali
setiap kejadian terpungkiri
melukis kata tiada henti

Cukup ambillah yang benar
dari dunya fesbuq dimana aku terdampar
berselang cerita ramah dan gempar
yang terkadang terasa hambar

Nauzubillahimindzalik,,
astaghfirullah,,

semoga Allah mengampuni..
Setiap lisan yang keluar sia-sia dari diri..

The Prospering Christians are holding an event in Newport, Rhode Island to benefit the orphans and widows in Kenya. The Children’s Christmas Gala will be held on December 13, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the George Martin Recreation Center, 35 Golden Hill Street, Newport, RI. Children will make angels, decorate cookies, sing Christmas Carols, design Christmas Cards and write to pen pals which they will choose on the day of this event. Donations are accepted and donors receive free advertising on my website. Parents can choose to sponsor a child for $30.00 per month.

This is a joint effort with Johnstone Sikulu Wajala of the SIMA Communitty Based Organization and Apostle George Morara Onsarigo of the River of Revival International Ministries in Kitali, Kenya where 185 orphans and many widows receiving help. The African country of Kenya has suffered from the devastating HIV/AIDS virus. The proceeds will be used to provide food, shelter, and clothing for the orphans through both of these organizations.

The Prospering Christians currently has over 400 members and we welcome more as we minister to the orphans and widows. Join us on Face Book and invite your friends and family. Maybe we will see you in Newport at the event.

The Lord calls us to “oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt.” He then promises, “then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.” (Jeremiah 7:6,7 KJV). That’s a long time! We can follow this command by using our gifts to further this cause. Some may not be called to personally visit the orphans and widows, but we can do thisngs from afar to help give them a better life.

For instance, you can encourage your employer to donate to the cause, offer prayers for the widows and orphans, or encourage your children to be a pen pal to the orphans. This will develop their character and let the orphans know that someone cares. There are 185 orphans who would like to receive a pen pal that they can write to and receive letters as well. I encourage you to pray and ask the Lord how he wants you to be involved.

You can participate in one of four ways:

1. You can make a donation by writing out a check to Johnstone Sikulu Wanjala, Program Coordinator, Sima Community Based Organization
PO BOX 1691, Kitale 30200 Kenya.

2. If you would like to sponsor an orphan, you can mail your donation to:
http://www.riremii.co.cc/ and click onto “Feed an Orphan” for details on where to mail your payment.

3. If you would like to support the gala, you can advertise on my website and send you donation to me. Let me know how much you would like to donate and I will send an invoice from Pay Pal.

4. If you would like your child to be a pen pal – for free – please e-mail me her name. You can go to the:”Save the Orphans and Widows in Kenya” group on Face Book to choose an orphan. Then e-mail me for writing guidelines and address.

Blessings!

Waktu pertama kenal face book, saya lumayan rajin apdet status dan berkutat  serius di depan layar komputer cukup lama. Aktivitas mulai dari melihat permintaan pertemanan, add friends, sampe ketemu temen lama dan baru- as ussualy.., tukeran info dsb kalo masih kurang juga bisa dilanjutin dengan chating- dan melihat-lihat status teman yang lainnya. Begitulah dari waktu ke waktu dan hari berganti bulan.

“Wah.. kantor gue mati lampu nih, asyik!!!” dalam salah satu komentar status. lantas muncullah dari berbagai penjuru tempat dan manusia dengan hasil; 3 orang menyukai ini, yang lainnya mengomentari dengan berbagai gaya dan komen dari mulai yang lucu sampai yang ngga lucu, dari mulai yang nyambung sampe dengan yang ga ada hubungannya dengan status tersebut. Itu baru salah satu contoh dari banyak kejadian dan komen-komen lainnya yang membuat saya mulai geleng-geleng kepala dan tertawa sendiri dalam hati. Masa sih cuma begini-begini aja? dalam hati mulai bertanya dan masa cuma buat beginian aja?. Sesuatu yang sangat sepele kan sebenernya? tapi bisa mengambil sekian menit atau bahkan sekian jam waktu kita dalam sehari. Bagaimana dalam sebulan? setahun dst. Ayo kerja…, jangan cuma ngobrol n komen aja teriak saya dalam hati.