Facebook legacy contact initiative expands to Canada

Facebook legacy contact initiative expands to Canada
Canadians will now have a way to ensure that their Facebook profiles can be updated after they die, as long as they have a legacy contact. So....there's that. How to add a legacy contact To add a legacy contact, simply follow these steps: Log into your Facebook account. Click on the arrow on the right-hand side of the…
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7 Steps to Avoid Phishing Attacks on Your Facebook Account

7 Steps to Avoid Phishing Attacks on Your Facebook Account
Facebook users need to be very careful online.  Between games that try to spam every one you know to sites that use your connection to Facebook as a wedge to trick you into opening the door for their viruses.... A user might, for instance, get an email that has all of the theming and imagery…
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Adding your own disclaimers to online profiles

Adding your own disclaimers to online profiles
First off, I am not posting this to pick on anyone I know but, yes, a recent post of misinformed friend did make me think that this might be worth passing on: There has been a fresh circulation of a legalese-sounding gobbledygook about how the user, by posting, is changing the terms of how the…
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Restricting other people’s Facebook app permissions

Restricting other people’s Facebook app permissions
Added a new game to FB and it's flooding your friend's News Feed with "__ plays this; you should, too!" messages? No need to let a silly game spam your friends and family. Go into Settings (upper-right)...Apps (left margin). You may find some old apps that you can remove entirely. But, if you click the…
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