How Long Does it Take to Secure Facebook?

AskSileo Episode 3: How long should I spend setting up Facebook’s privacy and security settings?

If you haven’t spent at least 90 minutes with your child setting up their Facebook account, you can be pretty certain that they are not as protected as they should be. Here are the three most important security steps that will make your child much safer on social media:

Read through and customize each Privacy Setting in Facebook
Do the same for the Security Settings
If your child is old enough (if they are following the 13 and older rule, they are old enough) have them read through Facebook’s Data Use Policy, taking notes on what they learn. There is nothing like reading it for themselves to get them to care about what they are exposing to the world.

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Posted by Identity Theft Speaker John Sileo in Burning Questions (Video), Online Privacy, Video Tips and tagged "Facebook Setup", "How to", "Online Privacy Expert", "Online Security Expert", children, Facebook, kids, online privacy, Privacy, safety, Security, Social Media Privacy, social networking.