Things you might want to delete from your Facebook page
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With billions of users, Facebook is one of the most powerful influencers in the world. But with anything that powerful, you have to be careful how you deal with it. There are certain pieces of information you might want to consider not having on there, like your home address, or where you went to school.
The recent Cambridge Analytica scandal has caused many people to question the role Facebook plays in their lives. Concerned about their privacy, some have deleted their accounts.
If you want to keep your account but better protect your privacy, here are things you might want to delete:
Birthday
Your birthday is one part of an important puzzle which also includes your name and address, with which people can more easily access your bank account and personal details.
Phone number
The best case scenario here is acquiring a polite admirer. Worst case scenario? A stalker who calls you incessantly.
Most of your friends
Oxford psychology professor Robin Dunbar theorised that humans can maintain approximately 150 stable relationships. Getting rid of the deadwood can make for a healthier interaction with social media.
Photographs of children
Victoria Nash, acting director of the Oxford Internet Institute, posed a really good question on this issue, and it has to do with consent: What type of information would children want to see about themselves online at a later date? Previous generations never needed to consider this, but the advent of the internet and social media has given this question more importance.
While we are at it, where your child or a young family member goes to school. The last thing you want is to give an opportunity for a criminal to find out where your child attends school.
Location services
Location services are only available on Android or iPhones. In 2015, TechCrunch reported that over 500 million users accessed Facebook solely from their mobile, which means that the same number has the potential to broadcast their location online, and anyone who may or may not wish you harm now knows where are you.
Your manager
This one is a classic. Facebook is a social media platform, and to some degree your interactions ought to be relaxed. But the CEO of your company can access your wall, he or she has access to every single one of your dodgy status updates - and yes that includes the one moaning about work. Yes, you can set your preferences to exclude your boss from certain update, but isnt that more hassle?
Stop tagging your location
People forget the fact that tagging your location at home actually gives away your address.
When and where youre going for holiday
According to financial website This is Money, travellers who are burgled while they are on holiday may not get their insurance claim accepted if they posted their holiday plans on their social media accounts.
Credit card details
Never. This is never a good idea.
Boarding pass pictures
Taking a photo of your boarding pass is often a way to brag about your holiday, but dont be silly! The barcode on your boarding pass is unique to you, and can be used to find the information you gave to the flight company.
Your relationship status
If you want to celebrate a new relationship, dont do it on Facebook.
It may not work out, and the consequent in a relationship to single status change will make you feel worse than you already do.
