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How to Hide Read Articles & Watched Videos on Facebook

October 14, 2012 By 3 Comments
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When you watch videos or read articles on certain websites, it gets publicized and your friends on Facebook can all see it. It's easy for those who are not even so close to you to follow each and every activity you do somewhere else on the internet apart from Facebook. This often happens because you've granted that particular site to access your Facebook data and post on your behalf, you can't blame them. No website would post on your wall, publicize articles your read or show videos you watch to your friends unless you told that website to do so without knowing. You've granted certain applications permissions you shouldn't and that's why you think your privacy has been compromised. When … [Read more...]

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5 Things You Should Hide From Your Facebook Profile

July 5, 2012 By 10 Comments
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One way or the other, Facebook has benefited you and with a lot of people using it these days, it's easy to hook up with old or make new ones. Perhaps you're not so much into social networking, Facebook can still benefit your business in a lot of ways through social marketing. Facebook is fun to use but it can also be a nightmare. Leaving your personal information lying around the internet isn't such a good idea. With so many people sending your friend requests everyday, it's almost impossible to know everyone on your friend list personally. Some basic things on your profile should be hidden from the public, some should not even appear on your profile at all. 1. Primary email You … [Read more...]

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Recent Activities (Wall Posts & Comments) Hidden from Facebook Timeline?

January 21, 2012 By 8 Comments
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Just like other timeline users, I've noticed the absence of my wall post and comments from my recent activities. Lots of people are worried over this thinking they've done some settings which made the comments and wall posts remain hidden from their profile but this is not so based on my findings. You've tried to make the the wall posts and comment show on your timeline without success, right? I tried to looking in to this and concluded there can only be two explanations: 1. Facebook intentionally removed recent comments and wall posts from showing on  timeline recent activities 2. It's a bug Facebook is not aware of or trying to fix Though recent wall posts and comments do not … [Read more...]

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Hiding Or Removing Old Wall Posts From Facebook Timeline Automatically

December 23, 2011 By 16 Comments
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You've probably posted some rather silly updates way back in 2009 or took some photos you now consider ugly. There might be a lot of things in your past that's now revealed because of facebook timeline. Anyone can just scroll down through your life to know the type of person you were before they met you. Your ex might even have posted stuffs on your wall in the past that you wish to hide from your boyfriend now ;). I know how hard it is scrolling down through your timeline, removing those posts one after the other but I found a fix that's gonna save you all the stress. This post actually came up due a comment Geekogenius made on this post and I followed it up just to find out it actually … [Read more...]

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How To Hide Or Limit Facebook Timeline

October 22, 2011 By 24 Comments
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Since the introduction of the new facebook profile layout known as timeline, there has been a great deal of privacy concern among users. I wish I could revert back to the old profile but all known tweaks stopped working since timeline went public and I'm presently stuck with it just like everyone who upgraded to the new profile layout. I read somewhere that disabling your facebook account for ten minutes or so reverts your profile back to the old layout but it didn't work for me. I saw some search queries like 'hiding new facebook wall' and that prompted me to come up with this post on how to hide this new facebook wall known as timeline. There was a post I made earlier on how to hide … [Read more...]

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Hide From Certain Friends On Facebook Chat

October 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
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It not easy staying on facebook chat especially if you have a thousand friends or more with those chat invitations popping up when you have something else to do online. You might even be forced to answer a couple of them against your wish because you don't wanna be a snub. With almost two thousand friends on my list, I can't just cope with facebook chat though I wish I could chat with some people there every once in a while but logging on to chat with twenty chat invites can definitely scare anyone off. I always appear offline even when I'm online. I used to wish facebook chat was like yahoo messenger where you can be online but display your status as busy or invisible and still chat with … [Read more...]

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New Facebook Ticker And Your Privacy Options

October 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
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As usual, facebook rolled out a couple of updates and there was a mixed uproar of positive and negative reactions. Users' privacy on facebook has always been a subject of controversy and the controversy even thickens with the new updates facebook released. Controlling one's privacy on facebook is getting a bit harder, making it easier for cyber-stalkers and identity thieves to get access to more information about you through facebook. Certain security settings that used to work in the past stopped working since the introduction of timeline profile and the new ticker box (the news feed box on the right sidebar).According to facebook, "Ticker, on the right-hand side of your account, … [Read more...]

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Hiding Recent Activities (Wall posts, Comments, New Friends) On Facebook

September 20, 2011 By 107 Comments
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Facebook added some upgrades recently that came with lots of privacy options but most people find it hard getting used to the new facebook settings. Posting comments on people's status updates and posting on your friend's wall leaves a trail on your wall and this makes it easy for others to track your facebook activities. Do you feel like hiding your posts on friends' wall and comments on people's status updates from your girlfriend prying eyes? Or you just want to keep your parent's nose off your facebook business? Maybe you're someone who loves being discreet and want to hide your facebook activities from stalkers on your friends list. The screenshot above shows exactly what I wrote on … [Read more...]

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