Reclaim Your Privacy on Facebook


A donation-based project called ReclaimPrivacy has launched a browser bookmarklet that checks your Facebook settings for unanticipated changes and by which you can reclaim your Privacy on Facebook in Few Minutes

ReclaimPrivacy focuses on six primary areas:

1. Whether your personal information is restricted to your friends or closer

2. Whether your contact information is exposed to the entire Internet

3. Whether all of your friends, tags and connections are restricted to you or closer

4. Whether your friends can share information about your with external applications or websites

5. Whether you’re opted out of Facebook’s new instant personalization program

6. Whether you’ve blocked applications that can leak your information.

Follow the below steps to Reclaim Your Privacy on Facebook in Few Minutes:

  • Drag this link to your web browser bookmarks bar: Scan for Privacy
  • Once you Login on Facebook and go to privacy settings and click that bookmark
  • You will see a series of privacy scans that inspect your privacy settings and warn you about settings that might be unexpectedly public.

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