在Facebook-Cambridge Analytica数据丑闻曝光后，用户一直在格外关注他们在社交网络平台上分享的信息。许多人甚至删除了他们的帐户并离开了平台，以防止他们的私人信息被盗并再次用于政治广告。但是，离开Facebook也意味着您将无法使用社交网络与朋友和家人保持联系、关注您喜欢的页面或运行您自己的页面并从所有网络选项中受益。防止Facebook数据被滥用的一种解决方法是控制Facebook公开哪些数据。
该平台允许用户几乎完全控制他们的隐私和帐户安全。帐户持有人可以选择当有人访问他们的个人资料时显示的详细信息，谁或谁不能查看他们发布的图片和视频（默认情况下，Facebook会公开你的所有帖子），限制利用他们的互联网浏览历史来进行有针对性的攻击广告、拒绝访问第三方应用程序等。所有隐私设置都可以从移动应用程序或Facebook网站进行配置。此外， Facebook(Facebook)用户可用的隐私选项不断变化，因此名称/标签可能与本文中提到的不同。事不宜迟，让我们开始吧如何将 Facebook 页面或帐户设为私有。(how to make the Facebook page or account private.)
如何将 Facebook 页面或帐户设为私有？(How to Make Facebook Page or Account Private?)
在移动应用程序上(On Mobile Application)
1.启动 Facebook 的移动应用程序(Launch Facebook’s mobile application)并登录您希望设为私有的帐户/页面。如果您没有该应用程序，请访问Facebook – Google Play(Facebook – Apps on Google Play)上的应用程序或App Store 上的“Facebook”，(Facebook on the App Store)分别下载并安装到您的Android或 iOS 设备上。
2. 单击Facebook应用程序屏幕右上角(top right corner)的三个水平条( three horizontal bars)。
3.通过点击向下箭头展开设置和隐私，然后点击(Settings and Privacy)设置(Settings )以打开它。
4. 打开隐私设置(Privacy Settings)。
5. 在隐私设置下，点击检查一些重要设置(Check a few important settings)以访问隐私(Privacy)检查页面。
6. 如前所述，Facebook允许您更改许多事情的安全设置，从谁可以看到您的帖子和朋友列表到人们如何找到您(who can see your posts and friends list to how people find you)。
我们将引导您完成每个设置，您可以自行选择要选择的安全选项。
谁能看到你分享的内容？
顾名思义，您可以选择其他人可以在您的个人资料中看到的内容、谁可以查看您的帖子等。点击(Click)“谁可以看到您分享的内容”卡片，然后点击继续(Continue )修改这些设置。从您的个人资料信息开始，即联系电话和邮件地址。
用户可以使用他们的电子邮件地址或电话号码登录他们的Facebook帐户；(Facebook)这两者也是密码恢复所必需的，因此与每个人的帐户相关联。除非您经营企业或希望您的朋友/追随者和随机陌生人直接在您的手机上与您联系，否则请将您的电话号码的隐私设置(privacy setting for your phone number)更改为Only me。同样，根据您希望谁查看您的邮件地址并可能通过电子邮件与您联系，设置适当的隐私设置。切勿公开任何个人信息，因为这可能会导致很多问题。单击(Click)下一步(Next )继续。
在下一个屏幕上，您可以选择谁可以查看您未来的帖子并修改您之前发布的内容的可见性。未来帖子可用的四种不同隐私设置是您的朋友、除指定朋友之外的朋友、特定朋友和只有我。(Your Friends, Friends except for specified friends, Specific Friends, and Only Me.)再次，选择您想要的选项。如果您不希望为以后的所有帖子设置相同的隐私设置，请在不顾一切地点击“帖子”按钮(Post button)之前修改帖子的可见性。过去的帖子设置可用于更改您在青少年情绪时期发布的所有令人毛骨悚然的内容的隐私，因此它们仅对您的朋友可见，而对朋友的朋友或公众不可见。
“谁可以看到您共享(Who can see what you share)的内容”部分中的最终设置是阻止列表(blocking list)。在这里，您可以查看所有被阻止与您和您的帖子互动的人，并将新人添加到阻止列表中。要阻止某人，只需点击“添加(Add)到阻止列表”并搜索他们的个人资料。对所有隐私设置感到满意后，点击查看另一个主题(Review Another Topic)。
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人们如何在Facebook 上(Facebook)找到您？
此部分包括有关谁可以向您发送好友请求、谁可以使用您的电话号码或电子邮件地址搜索您的个人资料以及是否允许Facebook以外的搜索引擎链接到您的个人资料的设置。所有这些都很好解释。您可以允许 Facebook 上的所有人或只允许朋友的朋友向您发送好友请求。( You can either allow everyone on Facebook or only friends of friends to send you a friend request.) 只需单击“(Simply)所有人(Everyone)”旁边的向下箭头，然后选择所需的设置。单击(Click)下一步(Next)继续。在“按电话号码查找(Lookup)”屏幕上，将您的电话和电子邮件地址的隐私设置设置为“仅限我( Only me )”以避免任何安全问题。
如果像谷歌(Google)这样的搜索引擎可以显示/链接到您的Facebook个人资料，则更改选项在Facebook的移动应用程序上不可用，并且仅出现在其网站上。如果您是一个希望吸引更多消费者和追随者的品牌，请将此设置设置为“是”，如果您不希望搜索引擎显示您的个人资料，请选择“否”。单击(Click)查看另一个(Review)主题以退出。
您在 Facebook 上的数据设置
本部分列出了可以访问您的 Facebook 帐户(access your Facebook account.)的所有第三方应用程序和网站。您使用Facebook(Facebook)登录的每个应用程序/网站都可以访问您的帐户。只需(Simply)单击删除(Remove)即可限制服务访问您的 Facebook 详细信息。
这就是您可以从移动应用程序更改的所有隐私设置，而Facebook 的网络客户端(Facebook’s web client)允许用户通过一些额外的设置进一步私有化他们的页面/帐户。让我们看看如何使用Facebook Web 客户端将Facebook页面或帐户设为私有。
(Make Facebook Account Private )使用 Facebook Web App(Using Facebook Web App)将 Facebook 帐户设为私有
1. 单击右上角的小向下箭头( downward-facing arrow)，然后从下拉菜单中单击设置(Settings )（或设置(Settings)和隐私(Privacy)，然后单击设置(Settings)）。
2.从左侧菜单切换到隐私设置。(Privacy Settings)
3. 移动应用程序上的各种隐私设置也可以在这里找到。要更改设置，请单击其右侧的编辑(Edit )按钮，然后从下拉菜单中选择所需的选项。
4. 我们所有人都至少有一个奇怪的朋友或家人在他们的照片中不断标记我们。为防止他人标记您或在您的时间线上发帖，请移至时间线和标记(Timeline and Tagging)页面，然后根据您的喜好或如下所示修改各个设置。
5. 要限制第三方应用程序访问您的帐户，请单击左侧导航菜单中的应用程序。(Apps )单击(Click)任何应用程序以查看它有权访问和修改的数据。
6. 如您所知，Facebook还使用您的个人数据和您在互联网上的浏览历史向您发送有针对性的广告。如果您不想再看到这些令人毛骨悚然的广告，请转到广告设置页面(ads setting page)并将所有问题的答案设置为否。
要使您的帐户/页面更加私密，请转到您的个人资料页面（时间轴）(profile page (Timeline))并单击“编辑详细信息(Edit Details)”按钮。在以下弹出窗口中，关闭您想要保密的每条信息（当前城市、关系状态、教育等）旁边的开关(switch next to every piece of information (current city, relationship status, education, etc.) you would like to keep private)。要将某个相册设为私有，请单击相册标题旁边的三个水平点，然后选择编辑相册(Edit album)。单击阴影的朋友选项并选择观众。(shaded Friends option and select the audience.)
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虽然Facebook确实允许其用户控制其帐户隐私和安全的各个方面，但用户必须避免共享任何可能导致身份盗用或任何其他严重问题的个人信息。同样，在任何社交网络上过度分享都可能很麻烦。如果您需要任何帮助来了解隐私设置或要设置的适当设置，请在下面的评论中联系我们。
How to Make Facebook Page or Account Private?
After the revelations of the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, users have been paying extra attention to what information they share on the social networking plаtform. Many have even deleted their accounts and left the platform to prevent their private information from being stolen and used for political adνertising again. However, leaving Facebook also impliеs that you won’t be able to use thе social network to stay in touch with friends and family, follоw your favourite pagеs or run your own page and benefіt from all the networking optіons. A wоrkaround to keeping уour Faсebook data from being misused is to exercise cоntrol over whаt data is made public by Facebook.
The platform grants users almost complete control over their privacy and account security. Account-holders can handpick the details that are displayed when someone arrives on their profile, who or who cannot view pictures and videos posted by them (by default, Facebook makes all your posts public), restrict the exploitation of their internet browsing history for targeted ads, deny access to third-party applications, etc. All the privacy settings can be configured from either the mobile application or the Facebook website. Also, the privacy options available to Facebook users keep constantly changing, so the names/labels may be different from what is mentioned in this article. Without further ado, let’s start on how to make the Facebook page or account private.
How to Make Facebook Page or Account Private?
On Mobile Application
1. Launch Facebook’s mobile application and log into the account/page you wish to make private. If you do not have the application, visit Facebook – Apps on Google Play or Facebook on the App Store to download and install it on your Android or iOS device respectively.
2. Click on the three horizontal bars present at the top right corner of the Facebook application screen.
3. Expand Settings and Privacy by tapping on the downward-facing arrow and tap on Settings to open the same.
4. Open Privacy Settings.
5. Under privacy settings, tap on Check a few important settings to access the Privacy checkup page.
6. Aforementioned, Facebook lets you change the security settings for a number of things, from who can see your posts and friends list to how people find you.
We will walk you through each setting and you can make your own choice on which security option to choose.
Who can see what you share?
As the name suggests, you can choose what others can see on your profile, who can view your posts, etc. Click on the ‘Who can see what you share’ card and then on Continue to modify these settings. Starting off with your personal profile information, i.e, contact number and mail address.
Users can log in to their Facebook accounts using either their email address or phone number; both of these are also required for password recovery purposes and thus linked with everyone’s account. Unless you run a business or would love for your friends/followers and random strangers to directly contact you on your phone, change the privacy setting for your phone number to Only me. Similarly, depending on who you would like to see your mail address, and potentially contact you via email, set the appropriate privacy setting. Never keep any personal information public as it may lead to a lot of problems. Click on Next to continue.
On the next screen, you can choose who can view your future posts and modify the visibility of the things you have previously posted. The four different privacy settings available for future posts are Your Friends, Friends except for specified friends, Specific Friends, and Only Me. Again, choose the option you desire. If you do not wish to set the same privacy setting for all your future posts, modify a post’s visibility before recklessly clicking on the Post button. The past posts setting can be used to change the privacy of all the cringy things you posted in your teenage emo years so they are only visible to your friends and not to friends of friends or the public.
The final setting in the ‘Who can see what you share’ section is the blocking list. Here you can have a look at all individuals that are blocked from interacting with you & your posts and also add someone new to the blocking list. To block someone, simply tap on ‘Add to blocked list’ and search for their profile. Once you are happy with all the privacy settings, tap on Review Another Topic.
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How people can find you on Facebook?
This section includes settings for who can send you friend requests, who can search for your profile using your phone number or email address, and if search engines outside Facebook are allowed to link to your profile. All of these are pretty explanatory. You can either allow everyone on Facebook or only friends of friends to send you a friend request. Simply click on the downward-facing arrow next to Everyone and choose the setting you want. Click on Next to move on. On the Lookup by phone number screen, set the privacy setting for your phone and email address to Only me to avoid any security issues.
The option to change if search engines like Google can display/link to your Facebook profile is not available on Facebook’s mobile application and only present on its website. If you are a brand looking to attract more consumers and followers, set this setting to yes and if you do not want search engines to display your profile, select no. Click on Review another topic to exit.
Your Data Settings on Facebook
This section lists all the third-party applications and websites that can access your Facebook account. Every app/website you log into using Facebook gets access to your account. Simply click on Remove to restrict a service from accessing your Facebook details.
That’s about all the privacy settings you can change from the mobile application, whereas Facebook’s web client allows users to further privatize their page/account with a few additional settings. Let’s see how to make the Facebook page or account private using Facebook web client.
Make Facebook Account Private Using Facebook Web App
1. Click on the little downward-facing arrow at the top-right corner and from the drop-down menu, click on Settings (or Settings & Privacy and then Settings).
2. Switch to Privacy Settings from the left menu.
3. The various privacy settings found on the mobile application can be found here too. To change a setting, click on the Edit button to its right and select the desired option from the drop-down menu.
4. All of us have at least one weird friend or family member that keeps tagging us in their pictures. To prevent others from tagging you or posting on your timeline, move to the Timeline and Tagging page, and modify the individual settings to your liking or as shown below.
5. To restrict third-party applications from accessing your account, click on Apps present in the left navigation menu. Click on any app to view what data it has access to and modify the same.
6. As you might be aware, Facebook also uses your personal data and your browsing history around the internet to send you targeted ads. If you would like to stop seeing these creepy ads, go to the ads setting page and set the answer to all the questions as No.
To make your account/page even more private, go to your profile page (Timeline) and click on the Edit Details button. In the following pop-up, toggle off the switch next to every piece of information (current city, relationship status, education, etc.) you would like to keep private. To make a certain photo album private, click on the three horizontal dots next to the album title and select Edit album. Click on the shaded Friends option and select the audience.
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While Facebook does allow its users to control all aspects of their account’s privacy and security, users must refrain from sharing any personal information that can lead to identity theft or any other serious issues. Similarly, oversharing on any social network can be troublesome. If you need any help understanding a privacy setting or what would be the appropriate setting to set, contact us in the comments below.
