Facebook as a social network has also come a long way, and has contributed significantly to this new-found love for all things internet-savvy. It is undoubtedly the most widely used social media platforms and goes a long way in ensuring you stay connected with your friends and peers all the time.
But just like every other social network, Facebook is not one hundred per cent safe platform just like any other social media and Internet platform. The social media website has its fair share of stalkers.
There's of course a way out if you want to avoid being stalked: stay ahead of their game. Here's how...
Set your profile to private
This is the most basic security feature that everyone should follow hands-down. After all, why would anybody want someone they don't know just peep into your profile as they like? Ideally, Facebook gives you enough privacy options to help you stay 'invisible' to those you want to be invisible. You can update your profile's privacy settings precisely to share/hide everything that there is to your profile.
You can chose who you want to share your profile details, your posts, your pictures, your shared content as also your entire friend list: with friends, friends of friends to everyone. Ideally, you should restrict this to your 'friends'.
Of course, you will still be visible to those who search for you but they won't get anything out of your profile. Also, it is advisable that you limit people who can send you friends requests via the same privacy settings.
Experiment with your profile name
Anyone who has your name/other details can simply type it into search and get to your profile in the blink of an eye. So, first and foremost you should hide your 'other' profile details; like phone number, address, email address, work information etc from 'everyone'.
Once you have this area covered, you should go on and experiment with your profile name: add symbols to it, change font and language: basically add stuff to it that makes it hard for someone to find you.
This is not a full proof plan, but it would make it all the more difficult for stalkers to find you, and chances are they'll stop trying after a while.
Make your online photo albums private and upload smaller profile pics
Well, this should ideally be covered in point number one; but most of us forget to do it. All the photos you share on your timeline should have limited visibility, meaning share them only with those who you want to: your friends that is.
It is also advisable to upload smaller sized images as your profile picture/cover picture since there's no option to hide those. There are cases when someone would randomly click on your profile picture and then download it. Putting up smaller sized pictures ensures that even though someone downloads it, they can't zoom into them.
Avoid tagging photos
Tagging photos opens up a truck load of privacy loopholes since you have no clue if someone who you have tagged or someone who has tagged you has put his/her profile to private. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you avoid unnecessary tagging of photos on both ends.
Every time you tag someone, the other person gets a notification asking if you want to be tagged and if yes, do you want to share it on your timeline. The call is of course all yours, but it's better if you're sure the person who has tagged you has set his/her profile to private.
Avoid linking of profiles
Many a times, websites may ask you to log in via Facebook in the initial stages. It is advisable that you avoid doing that, instead you can use your email for such purposes.
Also, you should avoid using multiple social media accounts with the same name. In case you're using the same user name in multiple accounts and he/she gets to know of one, your stalker can simply type in that name in any search engine and get through your other profiles as well.
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