How to adjust Facebook privacy options on mobile
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In recent weeks, Facebook has been at the center of controversy. And it has been due to the leaking of a total of 50 million accounts to Cambridge Analytica. The company that was in charge of taking the campaign to Trump and the one that worked for Brexit.
As if this were not enough, this week we have also discovered that Facebook has been storing data as intimate as calls and messages exchanged From the phone. That is why it is so important to review the privacy options of Facebook.
We have told you how to do it from the web. And now we want to tell you how to manage your privacy matters through your mobile phone. Follow these instructions to tie – well tied – your privacy on Mark Zuckerberg's social network.
Adjust Facebook privacy options
If you want to adjust the privacy from your mobile, all you have to do is open the Facebook application that you have installed on your mobile. Then follow these steps:
1. Click on the hamburger button, located at the top right of the application. Once inside, scroll to the bottom of the page, inside the section of Settings and privacy.
2. Then choose Account Settings > Privacy. In this section, you will have a good number of important configuration options, with which you can keep your account privacy at bay.
3. Tap on Check some important configuration options. This will allow you to review some important options. It is about only sharing the content you want with the people you love. This includes:
Choose the audience you want to share your content with
From here you can choose when you post from the news section or from your profile. Select Friends or Public The best option is Friends, unless you want to exclude certain people. In this case, you will have to click on Friends, except… and select those you do not want to see what you post. When you are finished with your selection, click Next.
Select the privacy of your profile
Next, you can select what information appears on your profile and with whom you want to share it. Choose who you want to see your email, the date of birth, the city where you were born, your love relationship, the city where you live, your job and your educational background. Select the Just me option for all the data you want to keep just for yourself. If you want some information to be readable, choose Friends. Forget about the Public option if you want to preserve your privacy.
Check the applications you are connected to
Did you know that the Cambridge Analytica account breach was carried out through an app? Mark Zuckerberg has explained that they will try to regulate and review the permissions of this type of application that collects data. In the meantime, the best thing to do would be to take a look at the permissions you are currently granted
You should know, on the other hand, that applications may continue to keep your data, even if you revoke access. Keep this in mind before giving permissions to new apps or services. When you are done with this quick privacy setup, tap Next and Finish.
More options to configure privacy
If you return to the settings screen, you can also select who can see your posts from now on or limit previous posts. You will have the option to choose who can see the people, Pages and lists you follow.
And you can define who can contact you, send you friend requests, see your friends list, search for you by phone number or email address.Finally, you can decide if you want search engines (such as Google) to link to your Facebook profile.
