Are You Compromising Your Security By making FB Friends?

Facebook has opened the whole world to us and made us available for the whole world to make friend. This is something that has trilled each one of us when we started out on Facebook. We made a lot many friends. Some of which were our old acquaintance, some of them were friends from bygone days, some from workplace, but a lot of them were from the world outside, from the land of strangers.

We befriended strangers with the same gusto as we befriended our old folks, on the Facebook, but soon it started turning out to be a wrong move, as some of the friends on FB started misusing the privilege that we gave them by making them our friends. This made us think,

Was it a mistake to befriend strangers on Facebook?

The answer would be yes. It was a mistake to trust strangers, as some of the strangers you befriended on Facebook included stalkers and identity thieves. The goal of these mischievous people is to talk innocent people into adding them to their friend list, only to use the information provided by you for their personal benefit.

Protect your online identity on Facebook

One way to protect your personal information on Facebook is to avoid befriending strangers, but this is not the only thing you have in your hand, and you may not need to take such an extreme step to protect your identity on Facebook. Below I am giving you an alternative way to protect your identity on Facebook, even when you make friends with absolute strangers.

Limited visibility for strangers

When you make friends with stranger, make sure you do not give them unlimited access to your profile. There is a feature in Facebook that allows you to classify friends in groups. You should classify strangers in one group and allow them limited visibility.

Remove address and phone numbers for profile

It is a mistake to post your phone numbers and home address on Facebook profile. You should never do it. If you need to share it with your friends then do message them, but never put contact details on Facebook for public viewing.

Make your photos private

You should not allow strangers to view your photographs. The default setting should be on private, and you should only share your photographs with those whom you want to give access. Always give custom access to photos and make default setting to invisible for all.

Following these steps will help you stay safe on Facebook, even when you befriend with strangers.