Facebook 'squeezes' using the Timeline interface: things you need to know

Facebook users who don't want to switch to the Timeline interface will soon be automatically switched to this new interface in the next few weeks.

You should know a few things before this happens. Here's what you should prepare.

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Can strangers see what you write?

Instead of displaying linearly as before, the Timeline interface gathers and groups everything you have done on your page to visually display them including: information you have included in your personal page , photos, everything you ever hit ' like ', the Facebook applications you're using, the map shows where you've been, as well as everything you've ever posted.

The problem is that Facebook seems to make all data publicly available. Now anything you put up will default to ' Public ' (so everyone can see it), so if you forget to select " friends " in the restricted audience, the whole world will see it. That's why you should check how your Timeline will look when others see it. You may find that many things you plan to show your friends, are now public.

To see how your Timeline displays to strangers, click on the small icon located in the upper right corner (below the image as a banner, after the Activity Log word), select View As. From there, you will be able to preview what strangers see on your Timeline.

To make sure your previous posts are only visible to friends in the Friends list, click on the small arrow in the upper right corner of the Timeline. Then go to Privacy Settings >> select Limit the Audience for Past Posts >> select Manage Past Post Visibility and select Limit Old Posts.

You can also change the group of people who can see your post by clicking on the little pencil icon on the top right of the post to edit or hide them from the Timeline.

Once transferred to the Timeline, you only have seven days to change it, such as hiding old posts from previous years that you might not want the world to see, or managing the display of. you posted.

So if you are a person who does not visit Facebook regularly, you may want to get active on the Timeline now so that you can review it and change it later.

Some groups are trying to convince the Federal Trade Commission (Federal Trade Commission) to consider whether Facebook is beyond its authority with the Timeline, but in the meantime, you should check your privacy settings. me

Facebook wants more of your data

One thing that the new feature allows is that you can add events at past timelines if you want (you can specify which Timeline is about to be in order of time), as long as it follows Your date of birth, intended to create a souvenir diary online all your life.

If you're wondering what to add, Facebook has many ideas available. Inside your Timeline, you can click on Life Event on the status bar (where you type the word to create a new status), you will be asked to select one of the categories like Work & Education, Family & Relationships, Home & Living, Health & Wellness or Travel & Experiences.

In each item is a series of proposals. For example, in Home & Living , you can choose: Moved, bought a house, repaired a house, a newlywed wife, a new car and other life events.

Can you imagine all the new data that Facebook will gather from users? Of course, the reason lies in helping the ads target the right people. But some people don't like the idea that Facebook will have so much information about individual users.

Some security points need attention

Sophos security firm polled 4,000 Facebook users, asking them what they thought of the new Timeline interface. Respondents' feedback was very negative: 51% said they were worried about the feature and another 32% said they were still on Facebook for some reason.

The fact that many of your data can be accessed by strangers will facilitate easy access for criminals and collect personal information.

The fact is that personal data is very valuable to criminals. For example, with enough information, a bad guy can impersonate someone to do things like a scam.

In the Naked Security blog , Sophos pointed out that when seeing all of its data gathered in one place, many Facebook users were shocked when more information about themselves was posted online.

Another thing that can make you uncomfortable is the Timeline map feature that shows where you went. If you don't want people to see that information, go back to posts or geo-tagged images to change them or hide from the Timeline.

There are still people who like Timeline

Not everyone is confused when implementing Timeline, there are still some people who like it. Jared Newman of PCWorld believes that over time, Facebook users will gradually like Timeline. The downside, he points out, is that users need to do some re-manipulation to adjust what details should be displayed.