Did you know everything you've ever posted on Facebook is searchable?
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Rick's Daily Tech Tips Update for Saturday, February 15, 2025
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Today’s featured tech tip…
Did you know everything you've ever posted on Facebook is searchable?
You might not be aware of this, but Facebook's search feature is quite powerful and extremely thorough in the way it conducts its searches.
As a matter of fact, virtually every public post, comment and photo you have ever placed on Facebook will come up in another user's search results unless you have your privacy settings configured to prevent it.
Many users won't really care that their entire Facebook "life" is easily searchable by the public, but if you value your privacy or have posted things in the past that you now regret posting you might want to check your privacy settings to ensure that nothing is set to "Public".
And by the way, even if you had some fairly restrictive privacy settings in the past, there's no guarantee that they're still set that way now. Facebook has a way of changing such things without our knowledge.
I said everything I said above just to say this...
It's best to always assume that anything and everything that's ever been posted to your Facebook account can be searched for and viewed by any other Facebook user unless you have your privacy settings (aka "audience selector") set to either "Friends" or "Only Me". Which brings up another very important point...
Do you have one or more Facebook "friends" who aren't really your friends at all? Chances are you do. That's why it's wise to be very judicious about the things you choose to share with your "friends" on Facebook.
After all, anything and everything you post with a privacy level of "Friends" can easily be found by anyone and everyone on your Friends List via a simple search.
In other words, everything you have ever posted on Facebook is searchable, either by the folks on your Friends list or the public in general (depending on the privacy level you have selected).
And don't forget: Create a habit of checking your account's privacy settings on a regular basis to make sure they haven't changed. Just a friendly heads-up...
Bonus tip: This is probably a good time to mention that privacy really doesn't exist on Facebook. This post explains why.
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“Mount Kirkjufell”
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Bonus tips from some the web’s best Tech sites...
Every day I hand-pick five of the best tips I found on my favorite tech sites and share them with you, my wonderful subscribers. Here is today’s selection:
• How to set up message rules in the "new" Outlook
• How long does data last on a USB flash drive? It’s complicated
• How to check the health of your laptop's battery in Windows
• How to hide memories in the Facebook mobile app
• How to never miss an important alert again on your Android device
Today's post from 'Living (and loving) Life'...
Think diamonds are rare? Well, that's just a myth.
Today’s tech news headlines...
• Instagram starts testing new button that might downrank comments
• Starlink doubled its subscriber base last year
• Zacks Investment hit in data breach - 12 million users potentially at risk
• Meta is reportedly working on humanoid robots that help with chores
• Apple brings Apple TV to Android
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