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Information stolen by cyber crooks from Facebook in a 2019 data breach, including mobile phone numbers, is now being offered for free on a hacking forum, increasing the chances that a variety of crooks will be using that information to try and scam Facebook users. Last week, security researchers found a large haul of data […]
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Last updated on March 26th, 2021A phone scam in the UK is telling people that their National Insurance number has been compromised. The caller then urges people to provide sensitive personal information so that their National Insurance number can be changed. SCAM Phone call scams have been on the rise across the world for some […]
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Last updated on March 17th, 2021We discuss tagging on Facebook, and how you can limit the visibility of people tagging you in content that you may not want to appear in. Firstly, it is important to know that there is no way you can stop people tagging you on Facebook. Unless you blocked a Facebook […]
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What exactly is changing with the WhatsApp privacy policy, and what information is it sharing with Facebook? WhatsApp. The instant messaging service that famously took advantage of both Wi-Fi and 4G/5G data airwaves to let users send messages and make calls without having to eat into their precious SMS and phone call limits from their […]
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Here we outline why your account should be friends only, and how seemingly innocuous data can be used against you. Throughout this site we strongly recommend that your default privacy setting – the setting that dictates who can see the photos and posts you make on your timeline, and the posts others make on your […]
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Many Facebook users are still confused by an unintuitive privacy setting quirk that can affect their default privacy setting when creating a new post. Your default privacy setting is probably the most powerful, all-encompassing privacy setting on the platform, and as such, the most important to get right. Any reader of our site will know […]
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Behind the scenes, Facebook more than likely knows a lot of information about you. Including your surfing habits, what you purchase online, who your friends and family are, and the devices that you use to connect to the Internet. Even with strict privacy settings, the social media platform is always soaking up as much data […]
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Last updated on March 23rd, 2021Your Facebook account most probably contains plenty of personal information about you. Information you probably don’t want stolen, or lost forever. To make sure that doesn’t happen, you want to make sure your account is both private and secure. That’s why we have our ultimate guide on locking down your […]
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The saying goes that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If only one link breaks, the whole chain collapses. The same could be applied to your circle of friends on Facebook. If one of your friends gets their account “hacked” (or perhaps more accurately, they fell for a scam and unwittingly […]
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Facebook is a labyrinth of different privacy settings, meaning it can be hard to get your Facebook account locked down just right. We have a full privacy guide for Facebook in our post here, but if you’re confident you have your main settings right (your posts are set to friends only and you’re not sharing […]
