My Facebook page got hacked last week.
My password wasn't changed but the profile was completely. According to that I lives in Karachi, DOB 14 Aug 1947, female .. looking for men :). Also, it added some posts in my wall visible to everyone.
First thing I did was update my password. Then I removed all those posts from my wall, so that no one receives it. Then I updated my profile. But I wasn't able to update my DOB, 'About me' and 'Interested in'. I checked every settings in FB but couldn't update it. Then I found that in 'Account Settings' -> Privacy -> 'Deactivate your account' -> 'My account was hacked' you can reset your password and update your DOB, but 'About Me' and 'Interested In' was still the matter of concern :(.
Then I searched FB for help topics but could hit the answer. Then I searched in Google for this and I found the answer which was already discussed in FB discussions :). Google search still rules.
These two fields can be updated via m.facebook.com. Go to mobile browser and login to your FB account. From there I could easily update my account settings which I wasn't able to do via Desktop Browser.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Friday, May 16, 2008
It's not just friend who view your profile
For the interviews it is said that 'First impression is last Impression'. Does it still works? Search has made it more simple. Now your first impression could be your social networking profile.
Survey by Vault.com found that 44% of employers use social networking sites to snoop the profiles of job candidates.
According to a survey by Ponemon Institute, a privacy think tank, 35 percent of hiring managers use Google to do online background checks on job candidates, and 23 percent look people up on social networking sites. About one-third of those Web searches lead to rejections, according to the survey.
In such hiring activity fresh college graduates become more prone to get affected.
Career consultants advise students to check their online appearance before applying for jobs. Some tips:
-- Google yourself early and often, to know what has been said about you. If you see false or unauthorized information, ask the webmaster to remove the content.
-- Be careful about what you post on social networking sites. Don't post anything you wouldn't want a potential employer to see. Change the privacy setting to make personal information available only to close friends.
-- Create a positive virtual presence. Start a blog about your industry. It might not lead to a job, but it will help define your online persona and help push down unfavorable items in Web searches.
Survey by Vault.com found that 44% of employers use social networking sites to snoop the profiles of job candidates.
According to a survey by Ponemon Institute, a privacy think tank, 35 percent of hiring managers use Google to do online background checks on job candidates, and 23 percent look people up on social networking sites. About one-third of those Web searches lead to rejections, according to the survey.
In such hiring activity fresh college graduates become more prone to get affected.
Career consultants advise students to check their online appearance before applying for jobs. Some tips:
-- Google yourself early and often, to know what has been said about you. If you see false or unauthorized information, ask the webmaster to remove the content.
-- Be careful about what you post on social networking sites. Don't post anything you wouldn't want a potential employer to see. Change the privacy setting to make personal information available only to close friends.
-- Create a positive virtual presence. Start a blog about your industry. It might not lead to a job, but it will help define your online persona and help push down unfavorable items in Web searches.
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