How not to get over-exposed on Facebook

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By t_coffee_or_me

One of the big news stories this week has revolved around the incoming head of Britain’s MI6 being exposed in his Speedo on Facebook. It’s been regarded as a massive security breach, but the reality is that people get exposed on this social network all the time, often with dire consequences. How do you then prevent yourself from becoming too well-known on Facebook, whilst still maintaining a degree of connectivity?
Photos of the incoming head of MI6, John Sawers, were posted on Facebook by his wife. Apart from the photos; other information about his family, residence and vacations was also made available on the popular site.

However, what do you do when others tag you in photos in uncompromising situations? Well, it’s quite simple: you can venture into your privacy settings and modify the settings of photos tagged of you. You can then select the privacy option that says that only you can see those photos tagged of you.

You can even protect the privacy settings of your photo albums to make them only visible to friends as opposed to the whole world. Once you’ve protected your photos, it’s also suggested that you remove yourself from Google searches and even public searches.

Most people on Facebook aren’t fully aware of how to control these above-mentioned privacy settings. But having said all this, the reality is that a little bit of controversy is what makes this site as popular as it is, and it’s always rather interesting when people get exposed (especially when they happen to be spies in Speedos).

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By Rizks• 8 Jul 2009 09:26
Rizks

FACEBOOK !!

Its a BIG FAT Book which is used to Kill the flies and Mosquitoes when u see them sitting on ur face, desk, tables, PC's, etc...:)

By smoke• 8 Jul 2009 09:24
smoke

Hmm thats a good question that requires me to do some serious thinking over a few tequila shots. I'll get back to you on that. However i can say cats do have 9 lives so if Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction will bring it back :)

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By owen• 8 Jul 2009 09:23
owen

what's this facebook? :P

[img_assist|nid=12867|link=none|align=left|width=|height=0]Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

By donosa• 8 Jul 2009 09:21
donosa

haha smoke... why did curiosity kill the cat, anyway?

By GodFather.• 8 Jul 2009 09:19
Rating: 4/5
GodFather.

OOOPs NFH.. I think I will wait till you get back.. Plus I am travelling 4000 miles fareast next week. that will make it 12,000 miles if I went from east to west.. Have a nice holiday..:)

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By anonymous• 8 Jul 2009 09:02
Rating: 3/5
anonymous

Ok UK if you want to travel 8000 miles to pick them up.

By GodFather.• 8 Jul 2009 08:58
GodFather.

NFH.. if you give me some of your delicious cookies I will tell you what FB is?

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By MissX• 8 Jul 2009 08:58
MissX

I haven't found a hack that works properly for facebook. MySpace is another story though.

By smoke• 8 Jul 2009 08:58
smoke

U do know curiosity kills the kitty right? you want to have my blood on your hands? hmmm do you?

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By donosa• 8 Jul 2009 08:55
donosa

haha i love the "wonderful donosa" part smoke...

I don't know tho, I like to keep the mystery here...

LOL!! XD

By anonymous• 8 Jul 2009 08:55
anonymous

What's Facebook?

:-P

By SPEED• 8 Jul 2009 08:54
SPEED

you cannot hide on FB !!

By smoke• 8 Jul 2009 08:54
smoke

I'm completely exposed..all i'm wearing is a crown on my head :)

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By SPEED• 8 Jul 2009 08:53
SPEED

By DaRuDe• 8 Jul 2009 08:52
DaRuDe

same with me

By smoke• 8 Jul 2009 08:51
smoke

Jesus Christ MissX now you sound like a weirdo stalker...I can see you but you cant see me muahahhaa.

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By rizalazhar• 8 Jul 2009 08:51
Rating: 2/5
rizalazhar

half of Qlers will view John Sawers facebook by the end of the day...

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"An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind." - Mahatma Gandhi

By MissX• 8 Jul 2009 08:47
MissX

I could give you my facebook ID Darude, but I have maximum privacy settings on. So no one can find or add me, I can only add others.

By smoke• 8 Jul 2009 08:44
smoke

Wonderful donosa you can add me too :) wow today's just a great day to be SMOKE :)

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By DaRuDe• 8 Jul 2009 08:44
DaRuDe

whats your id give me give me so i can expose you to QLers on Facebook

By donosa• 8 Jul 2009 08:43
Rating: 3/5
donosa

Well, usually only my friends have pictures of me and if they upload them and I happen to dislike one of them, I simply ask them to delete it, I do the same for them... We all agree on that, no matter who else is in the picture, if for some reason I don't like it DELETE!

I have lots of pictures, and of me of course... is a way of keeping in touch with my family and friends in Mx. And I love to see their pictures too.

By smoke• 8 Jul 2009 08:42
smoke

Kathreine Smoke eh? well thats left to you to find out now but i have been told i make a good lesbian :)

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By MissX• 8 Jul 2009 08:38
MissX

Well I did a search, and there were over 500 people with the word smoke in their name. So I tried smoke kat, and there were 2!!

Is your name secretly Katherine Smoke? Have you been holding out on us?

By mjamille28• 8 Jul 2009 08:38
mjamille28

LOL so there's no escape from this cyber madness that is, FB :P

By shoeaddict• 8 Jul 2009 08:36
shoeaddict

is if youre male, young,hot and with a six pack,a stolen picture of you in a speedo will be circulated on the internet.

on the other hand,,,if youre dinasour old,flabby and look like a crypt keeper,,,hmmmm....pictures-of you wearing a speedo circulating on the net? eeeewwwww!!!!

By smoke• 8 Jul 2009 08:25
smoke

So missX accept the inevitable and just add me on facebook. You know there is no where you can hide from this KAT.

Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

 

By MissX• 8 Jul 2009 08:06
Rating: 5/5
MissX

The thing is, no matter how many privacy settings you can turn on, on your own facebook page. If one of your friends posts a picture of you in it (no matter if you remove the tag or not) friends of your friend will still be able to see that picture, and furthermore your name will still be attributed to that photo. It just wont be an actual link to your own facebook page.

There is nothing, I repeat nothing you can do to prevent other people posting pictures of you on the internet. Furthermore, most, if not all sites where the pictures are posted now have a mutual ownership of that picture. In other words, can re-use them to advertise if they really wanted.

By GodFather.• 8 Jul 2009 08:05
GodFather.

I never load anything on FB.. it is just other people keeping on tagging me in their pictures..even my FB profile picture was taken by one of the friends..:)

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By mjamille28• 8 Jul 2009 08:01
Rating: 4/5
mjamille28

i only got one photo there, i used to have lots but i just deleted them.. one is enough :P

By mjamille28• 8 Jul 2009 07:57
Rating: 2/5
mjamille28

she must be thinkin, "oooh im so proud of my James Bond, i think i'll post his photo in Speedos for the world to se.. " :P

By r7• 8 Jul 2009 07:56
Rating: 2/5
r7

Ur post should b titled how to choose a Smart Wife :P

Tht lady was so stupid to upload the pics in the first place...

By mjamille28• 8 Jul 2009 07:41
Rating: 4/5
mjamille28

simple, think a thousand times first before uploading embarassing photos... me, i only got one photo there which is the one i use as my FB avatar, other than that, nada.. i only visit FB for the applications anyway.. :P

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