How To Turn Off Facebook Places
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Facebook Places has us a little bit paranoid. After all, the idea of our friends checking us in at the yogurt shop isn't something that we want leaking out. We're yogurt fanatics and we wouldn't want the word to get out to our friends and loved ones. So, if you're wondering how to turn off Facebook Places and keep your friends from outing your addiction to frozen treats, read on.
Restrict access in "Things I share"
Under the Privacy settings, go to Custom and "Customise settings." This will take you to the page that will allow you to select what other friends can see. We set this to "Friends Only," but you might be okay with letting "Friends of Friends" know where you are.
Keep others from mentioning you under "Things others share"
Keep your friends from being able to check you in with them by disabling "Friends can check me in to places." Your friends might be annoyed with your decision, but remember this it is your privacy. You can still be tagged in status updates, however.
Change the settings under "Applications and website"
This one is tricky and took us a few clicks to find. Scroll to the bottom of the privacy page, and under "Applications and websites," edit "Info accessible to your friends" so that "Current location" and "Places I've visited" are not checked off. This will ensure that your information is not shared with any of the applications, games and websites that you and your friends might use.
Follow this article's author, Florence Ion, on Twitter, where she doesn't share her location.
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jennifer-sydney
August 21, 2010 at 3:53am
Imagine the amount of data BING are going to gather from Facebook regarding Location Data. They are going to surpass google maps pretty quickly I would think in terms of data – 500 million users actively using location ?
http://technologiez.net/2010/08/21/facebook-holds-its-pitch-for-places-video/
tapinc5
August 19, 2010 at 7:29pm
I think that FaceBook added one thing in after this article was written- now under "Places I check in to" it also says "Include me in 'People Here Now' after I check in" and I know I definitely want that un-checked.
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