Again, think about the type of infor-mation you post on your timeline and whom you want to view it and respond to it. Kill the Candy Crush invites: change your apps settings If you have a friend or relative who is constantly flinging Candy Crush Saga invitations your way, there is an easy way to banish them forever. By clicking on the Blocking link within your Facebook settings you can kiss goodbye those pesky app events for good by either restricting notifica-tions from the app itself or restrict-ing any app invites from a specific user. And it’s also here that you can block all future contact with specific friends – perfect if they have been sending you direct messages in the middle of the night about Candy Crush. Another caveat of using Facebook apps is that they can collect a lot of information from you. Unfortu-nately, many people are so excited about using an app that they will blindly click on any “share your in-formation” button just to get to the good stuff. The best advice is to use apps only when you absolutely have to. You can remove any old apps that you don’t use or which are sharing infor-mation about you with others. Sim-ply click on Ads, Apps and Websites and click the Edit Settings button next to each app to review its set-tings. This will show you the permis-sions of the app and whether you need to consider removing it from your profile. That’s not to say all Facebook apps are evil. You just need to exercise caution when ac-cepting them into your profile. of this world, change your password every 30 or 60 days. Phew, that’s quite a lot to get your head around, but in actual fact, acti-vating these settings can take mere moments. Once locked down, your Facebook account will be a safer place for you, your views, your photos and your security in general. Of course, this isn’t the end of the story and the bad guys will formulate new ways to infiltrate your account. Our hope is Facebook’s security team will always be one step ahead with robust security updates. For more on practice management, visit www.canadianchiropractor.ca. Good old-fashioned password security This wouldn’t have been a very good security guide if we didn’t touch on password security somewhere along the way. To ensure your Facebook security is tight, choose a password containing a mixture of digits and numbers and use a different pass-word to that which you use for other websites. If you really want to annoy the hackers and password crackers www.canadianchiropractor.ca September 2013 Canadian Chiropractor 35
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