A One-Stop Privacy-Fix Tool For Your Facebook Data

There’s been a lot of talk about Facebook’s privacy mess for days now. I bet we all know the story, right? Privacy controls are broken, everyone is getting irritated, and Facebook’s not too concerned, blah flippidy-freakin’ blah blah. Honestly, I’m getting sick of hearing people making a big fuss that they’re quitting Facebook on May 31.

However, don’t get me wrong; privacy concerns are definitely important for us to take note of. It’s just that there are no simple fix to ensure that your personal Facebook data is safe and secured from prying eyes. One way you could protect your data is manually tweaking the 170-plus privacy options scattered through different pages. And that doesn’t guarantee that you’ll cover every single one of it.

Now, there’s a simpler way through the Facebook Privacy Scanner; the one-stop privacy-fix tool for your Facebook profile. The bookmarklet focuses on just a few key areas where Facebook can share information with the public: having your contacts, connections, and tagged photos exposed to the public, as well as allowing your friends to accidentally expose that information themselves.

2 Simple Steps To Use

1. Add the “Scan for Privacy” link as a bookmark in your browser, either by dragging it onto a bookmark toolbar or by right-clicking it and selecting the “Bookmark” option

2. Head over to Facebook, sign into your account and then open the bookmarked link.

As soon as you click the bookmarked link, ReclaimPrivacy‘s Facebook privacy scanner to open right at the top of your current Facebook window and it will start scanning through six areas of potential privacy concern and let you know how your account stacks up.

It looks at your relationship with Facebook’s personalization, applications, and other aspects to see what Facebook and independent developers can find out about you. For each area, the bookmarket will give you a green (“good”), yellow (“caution”), or red (“insecure”) ranking. If you hit yellow or red, it’ll provide you with specific steps to fix the problem so you don’t have to waste time searching for the right settings.

Do you think that this is a better alternative to protect your private data rather than quitting Facebook altogether? Do share with us your opinions on it.