Facebook Privacy

How private is your Facebook?… What is there to hide?… Who are you hiding from?

Privacy among social media platforms are a constantly debated topic. These debates range from how much a stranger can see of your page to how much a large corporation or even the government can see of your page.

Take the Privacy Challenge!

Although it is nearly impossible to discover how much access major corporations and the government can see, we can however, discover how much a stranger can uncover if they search our fabulous name. To partake in this challenge, simply think about your privacy settings. Don’t look… Don’t do it. Then log out of your Facebook and attempt to view your page. What can you see?

Before logging out I thought I was relatively private. Only displaying personal information and photos to my friends ONLY. However, once logged out I was badly mistaken. Apparently I must have dreamed that I had changed my privacy settings. My Facebook page is wide OPEN to anyone that wants to have a nosey. Do you want my age, location and my partner’s name? Sure have at it!

What About Others?

Although I don’t share much of my life on social media, when I brought this topic up with colleagues of mine, some stories were shocking. From teachers finding personal emails and social media accounts (with good intentions) to make contact, all the way to blocked people popping up in their emails and direct messaging systems on other social media platforms (with not so good intentions).

If there is any lesson here to be learned, DOUBLE CHECK YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS!