Go to your 'account' and then 'privacy settings'....all sorts of options there...

this is an article about a new tool everyone that uses facebook should use to ensure they have their privacy safe.

Test Your Facebook Privacy Settings: Here's How

this is a free tool. if you use facebook use it.

Here is a link that might be useful: privacy check tool

Thanks ravencajun, most useful.

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I did an email to everyone I know in my address book that uses facebook with that very valuable info.Every facebook user should use it.

At one of the forums I am on some of the extremely security knowledgeable folks used it on facebook accounts they thought were fully locked down and surprisingly it found some places that needed work done, so quite impressive.

I do not use facebook, never have and never will just because of some of their careless attitudes about privacy, and the infection rates, and the disgusting creator Mark Z.
A recent article which uncovered a conversation between the creator of facebook and a "friend" really exposed just what he thought of the people that signed up to facebook and trusted him with their info. Pretty disgusting. But then all he cares about is the data mining.
here is that article for anyone caring to be enlightened.
Facebook founder called trusting users dumb f

A new article in Windows Secrets tells how to do all your settings and how to tighten them, very good instructions.
Tighten your Facebook privacy settings

If you were not aware of many of the changes happening to the privacy settings then reading this will help you get things prepared.

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why are you bumping? did you need something else? did you try the link I provided to check your settings?
Google is a wealth of info have you tried it for what you might need?
hide your friends
privacy settings

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Thank you for the eye opener, RC. I would tell friends that "Oh, I only have a few family members as friends and I've checked my privacy settings". I had NO idea how many settings there are and that many of the defaults compromise privacy. The scans found multiple security problems. I deactivated my account.

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