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[BalletBabe]

I have a son in the military.  He is as high up as you can go.  They had a security meeting ,and they were told that once you have a facebook account , all your information is out there.  It don't matter what you put your settings at.  It is still accessable.   Please be careful what you post on there.  Pictures of children and their names, not good.  Leave your birthdate and any personal information off of it.   They will try to convince you that they need your phone number to keep your account safe.  It is bologna!  Don't put where you work or where you went to school.  In other words the less information the better.  Make up a birthdate.  I personally am getting off after heariing this.

[ladyroxanne]

@BalletBabe

thank you for posting this!

[Allegheny]

Thanks @BalletBabe, good advice and reminder to people.

I do have a Facebook account but use it very sparingly and rarely post anything to it.  I do not use my current surname, and intentionally have left all profile questions blank, ie., no educational /work place information or area where I live.

A family friend chastised me a few weeks ago when he was trying to initiate a friend request; telling me I should list more identifying data so he could find me.  I told him I intentionally set up my account that way.  

[Pandalady]

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@BalletBabe wrote:

I have a son in the military.  He is as high up as you can go.  They had a security meeting ,and they were told that once you have a facebook account , all your information is out there.  It don't matter what you put your settings at.  It is still accessable.   Please be careful what you post on there.  Pictures of children and their names, not good.  Leave your birthdate and any personal information off of it.   They will try to convince you that they need your phone number to keep your account safe.  It is bologna!  Don't put where you work or where you went to school.  In other words the less information the better.  Make up a birthdate.  I personally am getting off after heariing this.

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@BalletBabe  Thank you for the information.  Just reaffirms our decision not to ever create a FB page.

[RainyDayGal]

It's supposedly a hoax that keeps popping up every now and then. 

[Day1128]

This is a hoax that shows up on FB every so often. Check out the web site (snopes) to get info about internet hoaxes.

[mom2four0418]

Lots of info on the Internet about this recurring hoax.

[Sweet_Serenity]

Hate to burst everyone's information bubble, Your information is available to intelligence agencies. Same with your phone, Deleted messages from phone or computer are *NOT* deleted. Simply said! We are always being watched. We are never alone!! Even here on Qvc ever notice that Q sends you items you might be interested in? How did they know you like? Data!! My friends; Data maps! Gift of-NO privacy. Keep telling yourself that you are not being watched.

[Moonchilde]

Whether this particular thing is a hoax or not, anyone who spends any time online doing *anything*, anyWHERE is having data collected. No matter how "safe" and not-involved, non-invaded you might convince your self you are...you're not. There's information out there about you. Any tiny bit of information that has ever been Public Information at any city, county or state office or the courts, is OUT THERE. Your phone number, address, who you live and bank with, your politics, divorced, sued, arrested, debts, bankruptcies - whatever you can imagine - it's there whether you go on FB or bank online or shop online. It's there. It's the price we pay for using the internet at all.

[BalletBabe]

 @Sweet_Serenity  You are correct BUT facebook is really bad.  Too many post all their information.  You all can do what you want.  Me hearing this from US Navy,  I am not comfortable with it.  I never did post all my information, but I wish I had never gone on. 

Yes, it is true , no matter what you search for,  you are followed and will see advertisments for those things. You should never click on them from other sites.  We are all exposed being on the internet ,and on our ipads and phones.  I am just saying post as little as you can. 

The other thing that is bad is funerals.  They know a service is being held and nobody will be home.   Notify your local police as they will drive by your house and keep their eye out for you.  They did it for me when my husband died.  Do what is in your heart---just be as careful as you can.  Also don't accept anyone to be your friend that you don't know.  They are hackers in a lot of cases, and just because your friend is a friend of theirs, don't mean diddly ******.  Don't accept them.