Facebook is changing a privacy setting. Shocking, right? Anyway, the setting is not used by most people and is called: who can look up your timeline by name. Here's the justification from Facebook:
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This is either a big deal or not, and that may have to do a lot with your name.
For some of us, the signal to noise ratio already provides a relatively anonymous experience.
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While for others…
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Probably the key reason that Mikko doesn't really use Facebook.
Some folks (mostly women from what we've seen) even tweak their names just a bit, so they'll be unsearchable.
Whatever your privacy tactics, if you have a Facebook account, now is a good time to review the settings at facebook.com/settings/?tab=privacy. We recommend turning off: Do you want other search engines to link to your timeline?
Updated to add: By the way, do you know somebody who needs some privacy settings advice?
Refer them to our Facebook app: F-Secure Safe Profile.
This is either a big deal or not, and that may have to do a lot with your name.
For some of us, the signal to noise ratio already provides a relatively anonymous experience.
While for others…
Probably the key reason that Mikko doesn't really use Facebook.
Some folks (mostly women from what we've seen) even tweak their names just a bit, so they'll be unsearchable.
Whatever your privacy tactics, if you have a Facebook account, now is a good time to review the settings at facebook.com/settings/?tab=privacy. We recommend turning off: Do you want other search engines to link to your timeline?
Updated to add: By the way, do you know somebody who needs some privacy settings advice?
Refer them to our Facebook app: F-Secure Safe Profile.
On 05/11/13 At 01:49 PM