Facebook and privacy are like water and fire. Still, few people put the privacy and sharing settings under a magnifying glass. We discuss tools for the Facebook detective. What are you sharing without being aware of it?
Step 1: Search help
When you become friends with someone on Facebook, you quickly share way too much information. Conversely, you can also view information from others at an uncanny level. Even if you don't know a person, Facebook gives you quick insight into his or her family, friends, leisure activities and location data.
In this article we bring the services www.stalkscan.com and www.stalkface.com to your attention. The search aids work best if you're Facebook friends with a person, but for a lot of information, this isn't even necessary. Through 'Friends of Friends' you get to see more than you (or the person you are researching) would like.
Step 2: Copy address
Temporarily activate the English language for your Facebook profile. To do this, click on the arrow next to the question mark and go to Settings / Language. Choose at In which language do you want to use Facebook in front of English US and confirm with Saving Changes.
Find your (or someone else's) profile in Facebook. Click on the profile so that you see the 'Facebook wall'. Copy the link from your browser's address bar and you're ready for your career as a Facebook detective. Paste the link into www.stalkscan.com and/or www.stalkface.com. Both services have many similarities, but www.stalkscan.com is more extensive. None of the services reveal your identity or post a message on Facebook that you are investigating.
Step 3: Tracking
These types of sleuthing websites don't hack anything, but perform smart searches to instantly find the information they want about a person. This way you can quickly see where someone has been, which comments a person gives, which photos/videos someone shares or likes. The websites www.stalkscan.com and www.stalkface.com are obviously not an invitation to investigate, but rather a call to thoroughly review your own privacy settings (or encourage someone else to do so). Tightening your privacy settings is not a job that you can do quickly, so take the time to understand all the options.
