If you’re tired of that right-hand sidebar on Facebook that doesn’t serve any useful purpose—other than serving recommendations—you can get rid of it with a simple user script.
If you’re using Chrome you don’t need to do anything else, just head to the page and install it. Firefox users will need Greasemonkey.
If you’ve ever tried to adjust the privacy settings on your Facebook account, you have likely gotten frustrated with the number of steps and the confusing directions. And you’ve probably heard that Facebook is constantly changing their policies, so it’s difficult to keep track of the changes and their impact on your privacy.
ReputationDefender’s mission is to make it easier to manage your privacy and how you’re perceived online. That’s why we developed our free Facebook application, PrivacyDefender. In four steps, it quickly resets your Facebook privacy settings so that you have maximum control of your personal information.
PrivacyDefender is an easy to use tool that automatically configures your Facebook privacy settings. All you need to do is select your desired level of privacy protection and PrivacyDefender does the rest.
ReputationDefender believes that managing your privacy online is critical, especially in Facebook. There are people who are searching out information about you and your family. Potential employers, potential dates, cyberbullies, aggressive marketers, scammers – what they find can have a meaningful impact on your life. We recommend that you tighten your privacy settings as much as you can.
Facebook users beware: A new rogue Facebook app is spamming newsfeeds and tricking users into handing over profile access. According to the security firm Sophos, more than 190,000 people have already clicked on a link sent by this rogue app that promises to show “shocking video”” of a teacher physically assaulting a young man.
The bit.ly link redirects users to a Facebook Page that then prompts users to allow an application called “Teacher nearly kills 13 year old boy. SHOCKING!” access their profile information and permission to post on their wall.
As of right now, it doesn’t appear that the application does anything more than post the spam link to the newsfeed in hopes of tricking more users; however, the next message the app posts to your wall could be far more dangerous. continue reading…
The folks over at ReclaimPrivacy.org have created a fantastic tool that will quickly scan all of your Facebook Privacy settings, and report back to you any “weaknesses” it finds. It’s simple to use, and provides links to each privacy setting that it determines as ‘weak’ so that you can make the change right away.
