<div>At nearly a billion users across the planet, Facebook is the quintessential party that never ends, with a never-ending stream of activity — likes, shares, tags, photos, and comments — each time you log in. The trouble is, with so many on board, you can never be sure who else Facebook’s invited to the party, and whether these are folks you can trust with the goings-on on your Facebook profile. While the social giant has put in a number of privacy features in place, very few users actually change the default security settings. Help is at hand though — here’s a five-minute primer to fix your Facebook profile.<br /> <br /><strong>Your Public Persona:</strong> The first thing you should do is to see just how much you’re sharing out to the public via your public profile. Head to your profile page by clicking your name in the top-right corner, and then select the ‘View As’ option. So…are you making too much information available to a casual observer? Read on…<br /><strong> <br /><img vspace="8" hspace="8" align="right" alt="" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=7dadb15c-12ea-4386-860b-6142520feca7&groupId=222852&t=1355833365168" />Privacy Settings:</strong> Locking down your profile, at least so that only your friends see your updates, is simple enough. Click on the arrow on the right of the Home link to bring up the Privacy Settings, where you can immediately see three choices under the Control Your Default Privacy section – Public, Friends and Custom. If yours it set to public, you’re sharing everything with pretty much anyone who cares to come looking for it. Change this to Friends, so that by default only your friends can see your posts, photos etc. Remember, this change applies only to stuff you’ll post going forward, and if you want to undo the sins of the past, you’re going to have to click on the Manage Past Post Visibility link to limit the visibility of your previous posts to your friends.<br /> <br /><strong>How You Connect</strong>: While you’re on the Privacy Settings, you can change exactly who can connect with you on FB. Unless you’re a celebrity, you would probably want to limit who can look up your number/email or send you a message/friend request to your Friends of Friends at most. Change this under the How You Connect section.<br /> <br /><strong>Timelines and Tagging:</strong> These settings can make the difference between being blindsided by a friend tagging a much inebriated photo of you on your profile and a profile that’s clean enough for colleagues and family to visit! You can set it up to alert you when a friend tags you in a post/photo and reject the tag so it wont appear on your timeline. There’s even a setting that enables facial recognition for photos – I’d keep it off permanently. Fascinating technology but borderline scary, if you ask me.<br /> <br />And if you’re picky about what apps can post to your timeline (who doesn’t enjoy the odd Facebook game, but not every needs to know, right?), head over to the Ads, Apps and Websites section and limit the visibility of these app updates only to yourself. And that’s it! With these most essential of privacy features locked down, you can truly share your life with your friends, and ensure it stays that way!<br /> <br />Security paranoid? Try the excellent LifeHacker post on Facebook privacy: http://bit.ly/OH9gRq<br /><br /> </div><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><strong>A Tab On Value</strong></td></tr><tr><td><img width="300" vspace="7" hspace="7" height="236" align="left" alt="" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=4a736c96-fcfd-4c13-8dc8-06b09126e24e&groupId=222852&t=1355833312287" />Budget Android tablets have an all-too-familiar playbook to follow (unfortunate choice of works, I know!). Pack in plenty of connectivity options, round it off with a passable screen and price it low – and the user will make the necessary experience compromises for the price (s)he’s paying. Not so with the BSNL promoted Penta T-Pad WS802C tablet. I’ve been using it for the past couple of weeks, and I’ve got to say – while it is no Nexus 7 tablet, it isn’t a pushover either. Armed with capable specs under the hood, the T-Pad handles Android 4.0 ICS capably and even ran the full HD videos I threw at it. It packs in 3G and voice calling and while it is on the heavier side for a plastic-clad tablet, it’s not a bad option at all for the value-seeking tablet buyer.<br /> <br /><strong>Rating: </strong>8/10<br /><strong>Price:</strong> Rs 14,699<br /><strong>URL:</strong> http://bit.ly/UfngZt</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br />technocool at kanwar dot net<br />twitter@2shar</div>
