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13 Million Facebook Users Have NEVER Touched Their Privacy Settings [INFOGRAPHIC]

VisualNews.com | Posted 05.02.2013 | Technology
VisualNews.com

In the wake of this most recent feature rollout from the Facebook team, Consumer Reports Internet Privacy and Security Survey and the latest visual from Marketo are reporting that close to 13 million Facebook users have never touched their privacy settings.

Here's What You Need To Know About Privacy & Facebook Home

Craig Kanalley | Posted 04.08.2013 | Technology
Craig Kanalley

The biggest concern has been about location-based data being used to target you with ads. Some worry that Facebook could learn where you live, where you sleep, where you work, all with data from your phone.

How to Use Facebook to Get a Leg Up in College Admissions

Scott Weingold | Posted 03.21.2013 | College
Scott Weingold

You might not be surprised to learn that almost a full 25 percent of today's college admissions officers use Facebook when judging applicants.

Bianca Bosker

How Facebook Reversed Users' Privacy Push

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 03.07.2013 | Technology

While we've always known that Facebook has the final say in how people use its service, a new study reveals just how effectively the social network ca...

Why Graph Search Could Be Facebook's Largest Privacy Invasion Ever

Ari Melber | Posted 04.01.2013 | Technology
Ari Melber

Here is one iron law of the Internet: a social network's emphasis on monetizing its product is directly proportional to its users' loss of privacy. Facebook's latest program, Graph Search, may be the company's largest privacy infraction ever.

How to Prevent Facebook's Graph Search From Costing You Your Job

Julio Fernandez | Posted 03.26.2013 | Technology
Julio Fernandez

As you interview for a new job, will the HR manager make decisions according to what they find on Graph Search? Will a photo and a tag from a friend cost you your job? How about a Facebook page you liked several years ago?

WATCH: 'Today' Show Hosts' Total Ignorance Of Facebook Is Just Embarrassing

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.28.2012 | Technology

After a segment catching up "Today" viewers on Randi Zuckerberg's accidentally viral Facebook photo, the hosts of NBC's morning news show demonstrated...

10 Ways To Make Your Online Time Stress-Free

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.10.2012 | Teen

Full disclosure: We love the interwebs here at HuffPost Teen. Between the amazingly creative work you are sharing on Tumblr, the social media empires ...

This Facebook Hoax Is All Kinds Of Asinine

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.28.2012 | Technology

Users who've logged onto Facebook in the last 24 hours may have seen friends posting a message about "New Facebook Guidelines." The message urges othe...

Young Adults: Avoid These Privacy Red Flags

Jason Alderman | Posted 01.16.2013 | Home
Jason Alderman

It can be tempting to embellish the truth on your resume or during a job interview, but as recent headlines about disgraced executives being fired have shown, these lies can come back to haunt you.

Millennials' Facebook Usage Dissected (Slideshow)

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 07.29.2012 | College

The Pew Internet and American Life Project's recent release of data reveals information all about the way in which users’ interact and function on F...

Why You Shouldn't Post Facebook Statuses About Your Hangover Or Hating Your Boss

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 06.26.2012 | Technology

The posts on the new website We Know What You're Doing read like a list of exactly the things most people would never want strangers to know they're d...

Facebook Forced To Let You Vote On Privacy Changes

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 08.01.2012 | Technology

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is letting its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to its privacy policy. The previously announced change...

REPORT: Millions Ignore Facebook's Privacy Settings

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.03.2012 | Technology

If you haven't reviewed your Facebook privacy settings lately, now might be the time to double-check them. According to a Consumer Reports survey r...

13 Unlucky Reasons Why Facebook Is Rapidly Approaching Peak Hype

John F. Ince | Posted 07.02.2012 | Technology
John F. Ince

Facebook may be rapidly approaching a phenomenon we might call peak hype -- the moment when both usage and investor interest Facebook reach their zenith and rapidly start to decline and spiral downward.

3 Social Media Don’ts During Divorce

Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq. | Posted 06.24.2012 | Divorce
Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq.

The divorce process is often a highly emotional time and social media outlets readily provide evidence that can harm one or both parties, both during and after a divorce settlement.

How to Control Facebook App Privacy (VIDEO)

Larry Magid | Posted 05.24.2012 | Technology
Larry Magid

Facebook is more than a social network. It's also a platform that allows independent developers to create applications, or "apps" that greatly expand what the service can offer.

New Examples of Facebook Password Demands, Facebook's Response and the Need for a New Law

Ateqah Khaki | Posted 05.23.2012 | Technology
Ateqah Khaki

Whether at work or at school, we shouldn't have to choose between technology and privacy, and no one should be coerced into sharing their private information against their will.

Potential Employers Require Applicants To Share Facebook Passwords

Posted 03.06.2012 | Technology

Potential employers don't need to hack into your Facebook account to get past your security settings. They can just ask you for your password. MSNB...

Social Networks Getting Less Social Study Shows

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012 | Technology

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Users of online social network sites such as Facebook are editing their pages and tightening their privacy settings to protect ...

Bianca Bosker

5 Social Media New Year's Resolutions

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.30.2011 | Technology

In years past, my New Year's resolutions have focused on improving my habits offline: going to the gym, cutting back on snacks, finishing "Paradise Lo...

"You Can't Post That!" and the Future of What We Share on Facebook

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 02.05.2012 | Technology
Bruce Reyes-Chow

What if I said that I think folks may want to think twice before deleting, untagging or "sending to trash" those unfortunate images of their wild youth? Well, that's exactly what I'm saying.

When It Comes To Facebook, Avoid Playing With Fire

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 01.04.2012 | Women
Jessica Pearce Rotondi

Here are some tips on how to navigate (and avoid) awkward social media situations -- before they escalate into real-world repercussions.

New Facebook Changes Include Strobe Lights, Random Drug Tests

Spencer Green | Posted 11.22.2011 | Comedy
Spencer Green

Facebook subscribers are still unsure of such additions as the strobe light effect, which causes seizures in household pets, and the replacement of all user photos with the 1968 shot of Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Nguyen Van Lem.

Bianca Bosker

Facebook Unveils Entirely New Relationship Category

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 11.14.2011 | Technology

Facebook is rolling out a feature that introduces an entirely new relationship category to the social networking site. Until now, users could only ...