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New Facebook fact: While on Facebook, look at your URL address. 

If you see http: instead of https: then you do not have a secure session and you can be hacked.

Go to Account|Account Settings|Account Security and click Change.

Check at least the first setting, FB defaults to the non-secure setting.

Tips for users on using privacy controls:

• Think before typing. Even if a user deletes his/her account (which takes Facebook about a month), some info can remain in Facebook's computers for up to 90 days.
• Regularly check Facebook exposure. Each month, users should check out how their page looks to others. Review individual privacy settings if necessary.
• Protect basic information. Set the audience for profile items, such as town or employer. And users should remember: Sharing info with "friends of friends" could expose them to tens of thousands.
• Know what can't be protected. Each user's name and profile picture are public. To protect one's identity, they should not use a photo, or use one that doesn't show their face.
• "UnPublic" the wall. Set the audience for all previous wall posts to just friends.
• Turn off Tag Suggest. If users would rather not have Facebook automatically recognize their face in photos, they could disable that feature in their privacy settings. The information will be deleted.
• Block apps and sites that snoop. Unless users intercede, friends can share personal information about them with apps. To block that, they should use controls to limit the info apps can see.
• Keep wall posts from friends. Users don't have to share every wall post with every friend. They can also keep certain people from viewing specific items in their profile.
• When all else fails, deactivate. When a user deactivates their account, Facebook retains their profile data but the account is made temporarily inaccessible. Deleting an account, on the other hand, makes it inaccessible forever.

If you use Facebook, and want to be kept up-to-date on the latest privacy and security issues affecting the site, make sure to join the Sophos page on Facebook, where over 170,000 people regularly share information.

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