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Follow on Google News |  You Must Check Up: 10 Risky Default Settings In Social MediaDo you read every single “Terms of Service” you come across before clicking “I Agree” to? If you’re anything like me, the answer is no.
By: battery Do you read every single “Terms of Service” you come across before clicking “I Agree” to? If you’re anything like me, the answer is no. In fact, I’ve agreed to hundreds since I first started using AOL 14 years ago, but I haven’t read one. Should we be more careful? I try to align myself with respectable websites — using services that many others use. And this leaves me with a sort of “someone else will catch it if something’s wrong” mentality. So far (I think) that has worked out okay. But as online industry grows, and we sign up for one social network after the other, we can’t forget that we’re trusting our sensitive information to corporations. Most TOS include a clause that allows companies to change their TOS whenever they need to. So, in an effort to not be paranoid, but cautious, here’s a list of 8 things to check up on in social media. Who knows? Maybe you’ll be surprised by what you’ve agreed too. 1. LinkedIn By default, LinkedIn can use your name and photo in its advertising campaigns. If you don’t feel like endorsing linkedin.com, uncheck this box. It’s not terribly hard to find, so login and go to: Username > Settings > Account > Manage Social Advertising. Their reasons for using your likeness are obvious. LinkedIn provides a free service, and in exchange, you provide a personal touch. In the end, however, this is probably not what many users expected upon signing up. LinkedIn has yet to comment back to us on this. 2. Facebook Facebook is infamous for its nebulous privacy policies. Visiting facebook.com feels more like you’re visiting your own community and less like a service, which gives off a false sense of comfort. Its extremely open philosophy on web identity has spawned protest, anger and attempts at alternative services . One particular setting allows Facebook to use you in advertisements targeted towards your friends. It doesn’t actually do this yet, but says it might in the future. This setting, which is similar to LinkedIn’s, makes perfect sense for a company and little sense for a community. I would be angry, but I already expected this from Zuckerberg and friends, and I’ll continue to use Facebook for no reason other than because that’s where my friends and family are. Manage your inclusion in ads: Account > Account Settings > Facebook Ads Hp 6735s battery 3. Facebook (again) While you’re at it, you may want to do two more things: 1) Check out your active Facebook sessions and end any that seem risky. This might prevent those prank status updates from your less-than-tasteful friends… Account > Account Settings > Security > Active Sessions. Click “End Activity.” 2) Review the list of apps that you’ve authorized to interact with your account. If you’ve been using Facebook for a few years, you’ll find remnants of the past like the honesty box and bumper stickers. Notably, you can even connect to Myspace this way (a pretty sad sign of defeat). Removing the apps one at a time will be boring, so brace yourself and click here! 4. Twitter Twitter’s popularity makes it a common choice for linking with external websites. Everything from Twitter’s own applications to Twitpic, Disqus and blogs like TNW do it! Luckily, we haven’t heard of much abuse involving Twitter’s API, and managing which applications have access to your account is easy. Go here to tidy up a few loose ends by ending the connections you don’t even remember making. Toshiba pa3399u-2brs battery 5. Google Like Twitter, it’s easy to connect your Google account to third parties. Google officially explains why you might have done this here. Go to your account settingsto see what websites have access. Your list probably includes harmless things like Stack Overflow and analytics plugins, but you might as well be extra safe. 6. Hulu By default, Hulu shares your recent movies and queue. And by connecting with Facebook, you can get extra social with your movie/TV watching. This is great, but potentially embarrassing for some. I don’t mind letting my coworkers know I’ve stayed up all night watching every episode of Dilbert, so I’ll leave that box checked. That same theory might not ring true to how many times I’ve listened to “Stereo Love” on Spotify. Username > Account > Privacy and Settings > Sharing what you do on Hulu… 7. Google+ Google+ has done a decent job balancing the public and private aspects of a social network. By being late in the game, it’s learned from a lot of Facebook’s mistakes. One enticing feature is its limited posts, which allows you to customize what each of your Circles can see. Now all we need is an extension that excludes circles based on the use of curse words and drug references. Take a look atGoogle+’s privacy settings and understand the benefits and risks of limited posts. Read More: http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ # # # http://www.batteryfast.co.uk - Quality laptop batteries, notebook batteries online shop: buy now save more than 30%! End
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