Social Media App Privacy Features You May Not Know About

Posted: January 23, 2014

Social media apps offer the convenience of using social media sites on the go. Using these apps may pose risks that users don't know about. Find out how you can better protect yourself when using social media apps.

Social media apps offer the convenience of using social media sites on the go. Using these apps may pose risks that users don't know about. Find out how you can better protect yourself when using social media apps.

Caitlin McGarry, Associate Editor at TechHive, shares information on privacy features that you may not have known about in your social media apps.

Social media lockdown: 4 privacy features you won't find in your settings

You use a social network—at least one, maybe a few. Everyone does. You probably know all about your preferred network’s privacy settings, enough to make sure that the whole world doesn’t know your business. But if you’re paranoid—aren’t we all?—you can find ways to lock down your privacy that go above and beyond even two-factor authentication.

You have to start with your social networks’ settings, of course. If you don’t bother to limit the visibility of your posts or to make sure you’re not being tagged all over the place (thanks, facial-recognition technology), then there’s no point in proceeding.

Read the entire article Social Media Lockdown: Four Privacy Features You Won't Find in Your Settings on Tech Hive.