1 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: A Facebook privacy checkup. I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: on Tech Daily. So no doubt you've heard all about 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: the recent Facebook news and you know that your information 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: on there is being shared in a lot of different ways. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: So now's a good time to do a little privacy 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: checkup on the social media site because you want to 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: see which apps can still access your personal information, including likes, photos, 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: and potentially your friend list. And even more so, you 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: heard what happened. A single Facebook app was able to 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: siphon off information about millions of users. Now, for starters, 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: Facebook has clamped down a little bit. It no longer 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: allows apps to reach us deep into your friend's information. 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: You can share all of your information, including your likes, 14 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: your friend list, all that good stuff, but they can't 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: really get all of your friend's stuff as well. So 16 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: that's a good thing, but it might still have people 17 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: on edge. So now's a good time to take a 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: look at all the apps that can actually access your data. 19 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: So what are these apps? Well, these are any apps 20 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: that you've actually clicked that log in with Facebook button 21 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: on the website. So let's say you go to a 22 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: new site, like you know, like a food delivery site, 23 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: you go there, it says, hey, log in with Facebook. 24 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: It's much simpler because you don't have to create a 25 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: new username and password. I never recommend that you do that. 26 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: This is for any website that you go to that 27 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: says log in with Facebook. It's very convenient for you 28 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: to log in with Facebook because you don't have to 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: come up with that new username and password. But for 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: security reasons, it is not a good thing to have 31 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: those linked. You always want to create a separate log 32 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: in for every website that you go to. So that's 33 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 1: number one, so stop doing that. Number two. Basically, these 34 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: apps that get access to your Facebook profile, how do 35 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: they do that. Well, let's say you're surfing Facebook and 36 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: you come across a quiz, a personality quiz, and you 37 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: click the quiz. Next thing you know, it says you know, 38 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: it says some sort of Facebook button. You press that, 39 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: and what that's doing is it's actually logging you in 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: with your face Book account. So you don't even realize 41 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: half the time that these apps are immediately going to 42 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: work and sort of collecting all of your personal information. 43 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: So while it looks like a quiz on the outside, 44 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: what the app is really doing is trying to collect 45 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: as much data as possible on as many users as possible. 46 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: So they're just harvesting information basically, So you want to 47 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: stop doing that. Number one. Number two. Once you've done 48 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: the damage, you can go back and see a list 49 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: of all of the apps that you've authorized over the years. 50 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: And if you haven't taken a look at this list 51 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: in a while, it may surprise you because even when 52 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: you click out of that personality quiz, next thing you know, 53 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: it is still taking your information for months or years 54 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: after that. One thing these apps used to really do 55 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: a lot is post to your page on your behalf. 56 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: So that's the other permission that you really want to 57 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: be on the lookout for when you're surfing through Facebook, 58 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: and anytime an app requests permission to post on your behalf, 59 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: you want to say no. That is the number two thing, 60 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: all right. So how do you get rid of all 61 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: these lingering apps that have access to your information? Well, 62 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: if you're on a desktop computer, you want to look 63 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: for the little down arrow next to the question mark, 64 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: which is usually in the upper right hand corner of 65 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: your screen. Then on the menu click settings. Okay, Now, 66 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: from here you're going to look on your left hand 67 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: side of the screen and click where it says apps. 68 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: Once you click that, you should see a big box 69 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: in the middle of your screen that says logged in 70 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: with Facebook. Here you're going to see a list of 71 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: all kinds of apps, some good, some bad. Look for 72 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 1: anything that you don't recognize or that you don't use anymore. 73 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: Go through this list one by one and really be 74 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: critical here. If you don't need it, get rid of it. 75 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: You can always reactivate it later. Once you see something 76 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: you don't like, hover over the name and a little 77 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: pencil and an X icon should appear. Click the X 78 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: for any app that you want to remove, and just 79 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: keep doing this until you've cleared up the entire list. 80 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,119 Speaker 1: You don't have to get rid of everything. If there's 81 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: stuff that you use, then leave it there. But if 82 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: there's stuff that you don't recognize, definitely get rid of it, 83 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: and the next time you need it you can always 84 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: relog in. Now. I know a lot of you are 85 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: doing this from your mobile phone, so on Android and 86 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: iOS it's pretty much the same process just looks a 87 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: little bit different. But on Android and iOS you want 88 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: to look for the three little menu bars. Some people 89 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: call this a Hamburger menu, but it's right next to 90 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: your notification. So if you look for your notifications inside 91 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: the Facebook app, it's right next to it. So on Android, 92 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: this is in the upper right hand corner of your screen. 93 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: On iOS it's in the lower right hand corner. And 94 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: then the process is pretty much the same. You tap 95 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: that menu bar, scroll until you see settings. Tap there, 96 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: choose account Settings. Now choose apps, and then tap the 97 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,239 Speaker 1: section where it says logged in with Facebook. And again, 98 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: go through this list and look for any app, website, 99 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: or service you don't use or you don't recognize. And 100 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: then if you want to get rid of one, there's 101 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: not going to be a little X. You have to 102 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: tap it and then scroll all the way down and 103 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: click remove app. And you can do this as many 104 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: times as necessary. Now, one more thing you can do 105 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: if you're just curious about all this kind of stuff, 106 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: is you can tap on any of these apps or 107 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: services and kind of see what they have access to. 108 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: And it's really fascinating because you see that some of 109 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: them say we have access to your personal information, your 110 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: email address, your like list, your photos, your list of friends. 111 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it's really crazy the information that is floating 112 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: around out there on Facebook. Now, I'm not going to 113 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: say Facebook is evil. I'm just not because Facebook has 114 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: connected people in amazing ways. I just think that you 115 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: have to be very cognizant about the information that you're 116 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: sharing on this social media platform. Just imagine that pretty 117 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: much anything that you share could be public in one 118 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: way or another. Let's look at the most basic way 119 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: something that's private could be shared publicly, and that's by 120 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: someone taking a picture of it. So let's say I'm 121 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: friends with someone on Facebook. Privately, I say something private 122 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: to them. A friend is looking over their shoulder as 123 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: they read my message or my post, and they take 124 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: a snapshot of it. Next thing you know, they share 125 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: that snapshot in a public way. Well, now your private 126 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: information has just gone public in the simplest way possible. 127 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that's right, but you just have 128 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: to think about it. Nothing is truly private when it's 129 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: in print, when it's posted online, it just isn't. So 130 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: if you want the full directions on this, I know 131 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: it's a lot, just go to my website rich on 132 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: tech dot TV. I've got this all written out. It's 133 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,679 Speaker 1: something very important you should do and help the friends 134 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: in your life that are a little less tech savvy 135 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: to do this as well. Thanks so much for listening. 136 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: Please rate and review this podcast in the Apple Podcasts 137 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,679 Speaker 1: app that way more people discover it. I'm rich damiro 138 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: Rich on tech dot tv. Thanks for listening. Talk to 139 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: you real soon.