Facebook reached a new low in March 2018. A massive data compromise was exposed that allowed Cambridge Analytica to obtain extensive psychographic information about 50 million Facebook users in 2014. This data was probably used to manipulate the 2016 Presidential elections.

Let’s be honest, in exchange for using this FREE service, you upload text, pictures, videos for Facebook to learn more about you. They then use the information to sell ads and more.  There is no free lunch. Facebook is a money making machine, not your friend.

Short of deleting Facebook, This is how you can adjust your Facebook Privacy Settings to protect yourself.

Adjust Facebook Settings

Login to Facebook, Open the  App Settings Page

Click Edit in the Apps, Websites and Plugins box.

Also set Old Versions of Facebook for Mobile to Only me

Click Disable Platform

This will prevent Facebook from sharing your data with other apps and websites. You also cannot use your Facebook login to login to other sites any more.

If you want to still allow using Platform but want to lock down what is shared, instead of Disable Platform, select Edit under Apps Other Use.

We recommend Unchecking EVERY box and hitting Save

Adjust Facebook Ad Settings

Click on Ads in the lower left area of the Facebook Settings Page

For Advertisers you’ve interacted with – Click the triangle in the right side, to show the settings. Click on every company to disable this.

For Your Information – Click the triangle in the right side, to show the settings. Turn off everything. Also click the Your categories tab and turn off EVERYTHING. Pretty scary?

For Your Ad Settings – Click the triangle in the right side, to show the settings. Turn off everything.

For Hide Ad topics – Click the triangle in the right side, to show the settings. Set all of them to Permanently

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Facebook Privacy Settings and Tools

Visit the Facebook Privacy Page to lock down its settings.

Adjust the settings so it looks like our screen. This was the best we could do. Make sure you have a bogus phone number in Facebook.

Change your birthday so it is a day earlier

Click the Use Activity Log link and remove yourself from any posts you have been tagged in.

Turn off Face Recognition

Visit the Face Recognition Settings and turn it to No

Adjust Timeline and Tagging Settings

Visit the Timeline and Tagging Settings and adjust it to the following:

Remove Facebook Likes

Click Timeline on your personal Facebook Page

Click More in the middle area and select Likes

Remove the Likes for as many items as possible! Delete TV Shows, Books, Events, Questions, Reviews and Movies from the list

Items We are still working on cleaning:

• Check-Ins
• Removing Apps

Do you feel more secure now?