

Much was made of Facebook's recent revamp of its security settings. What's needed is a way for Facebook users to post items with a restriction that says "This is for you to see, not to share." Unfortunately, no such option is included in the latest iteration of the ever-changing Facebook privacy settings. CNET's Chris Matyszczyk reports on the flap in yesterday's post on the Technically Incorrect blog.Īsk permission before sharing? Isn't that contrary to Facebook's very nature? It makes more sense to require your explicit permission before anyone would be able to share anything you have designated as private. More of Facebook's growing pains were exhibited by founding sister Randi Zuckerberg's plea for "human decency" after one of her private photos was made public via a tweet by the sister of one of Ms. In a post from last September, Jason Cipriani described Facebook's tighter integration with iOS 6.Ī quick look at the new Facebook privacy options Now when you press Photo in the Facebook app you'll be prompted to re-enable photo and video sharing by changing the iPhone privacy setting back to On. You can also disable Facebook photo and video sharing via the iPhone's Settings app: open Settings, choose Privacy > Photos, and toggle the Facebook setting to Off. IPhone and iPad: From the Timeline, press Photos > Sync, then the gear icon in the top-right corner, and finally Turn off Photo Sync (this step may not be necessary) > Don't sync my photos > Done.

Here's the nutshell version:Īndroid: Press the main menu in the top-left corner and choose Account > App Settings > Sync Photos > Don't sync my photos. The Facebook Help Center provides step-by-step instructions for disabling Photo Sync on Android phones, iPhones, and iPads from within the Facebook app itself. Change the Facebook app's Photo Sync settings to "Don't sync my photos" to prevent Facebook from automatically uploading all the photos you take with your iPhone.Įven if you knowingly signed up for Facebook's photo syncs and are now having second thoughts, you'll be glad to learn that disabling Facebook's automatic photo uploads from your iPhone, iPad, or Android device takes only a couple of seconds.
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He didn't remember activating the option and couldn't figure out how to disable it. Last week I was contacted by a reader who had done just that: somehow his iPhone photos were being uploaded to his Facebook account. Privacy advocates have pointed out that Facebook users are much more likely to post photos that are already uploaded, often inadvertently.įacebook's automatic photo syncing is not activated by default, but you may have enabled the feature without realizing you were doing so. However, all the data associated with the photos, including where and when they were taken, is still accessible to Facebook and can be used to determine the ads you see. German state orders Facebook to allow pseudonyms.

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