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Cybersecurity Awareness Tip 19: Check your privacy settings on social media
Cybersecurity Awareness Tip 19: Check your privacy settings on social media
Who Are You and How Can I Use Your Profile Against You?
Check the authentication options and enable 2-factor authentication or multi-factor authentication if possible. Also check what personal information is collected (SwampGeek recommends to provide as little as possible), what is visible, and who can see your posts.
For Example
The privacy and security options supported by social media companies vary from basic (Minds) to complex (Facebook).
Facebook's security and privacy settings seem almost intentionally complex, but also highlight the vast amount of data the company surveils.
Facebook
Privacy Checkup (yes)
Settingss require a Master's degree
Posts require a Bachelor's degree
Supports two-factor authentication via OTP (One-Time Passwords), Facial and Biometric authentication on mobile devices
Can limit logins to certain devices and can use application-specific passwords
Instagram
Privacy:
Private account (yes)
Hide commends (not sure who identifies offensive comments or how, but hiding them in generate is good)
Posts: hide like and view counts (yes)
Allow tags and @mentions from people you follow
Show Activity Status: No
Who can add you to groups? Only people you follow
Security
Save Login Info: No
Two-factor Authentication: OTP (e.g. Authy, LastPass Authenticator) and SMS / Text message
Apps and Website: review and remove as appropropriate
Issue: you can view - but not remove - access data (i.e. advertising tracking data)
LinkedIn
Partners & Services: check who has access to your valuable LinkedIn information / contacts
Visibility: Who can see / download your email address?
Third-party Data:
Two-step verification via SMS or OTP (e.g. andOTP, Microsoft Authenticator)
MeWe
Allow Chat Requests (from other members of a group): may no since it's difficult to verify the person is real
Limited to single-factor (password) authentication
Minds
Two-factor authentication via OTP (e.g. Duo Mobile and Google Authenticator) or email code
Twitter
Data Sharing and Off-Twitter Activity
Two-factor authentication via SMS, OTP (e.g. FreeOTP and Aegis Authenticator), U2F (e.g. Yubikey and others)
Venmo
Privacy: Yes, Venmo shares your payment description with the world by default. What could possibly go wrong? (Change the default privacy option to Private)
You can also change Privacy For Past Transactions to Private
Friends & social: will you REALLY benefit from giving Venmo access to your Facebook friends list? 'Cause Venmo sure will!
Supports single factor authentication via PIN or biometric (thumb print)