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Someone shares every moment of their life on social networks, while others carefully guard their privacy and release only a small percentage of information to the world. But are you sure you have full control over the information you share?

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The longer you're on social media, the harder it is to determine what percentage of the information you share may be publicly available. Supermo has published a useful tool with which you can quickly and easily find out what percentage of your personal data you share not only with complete strangers, but also with marketers or even criminals.

"Hello! Did you know that every time you visit a website, you reveal a lot of information about yourself just by visiting it? Websites that allow you to log in through Facebook can collect all kinds of information that you have given access to. See how much information about yourself you give away when you click the login button.”

Go to this page and log in with your Facebook account. Once you're signed in, you'll see an overview of all the information you've shared about yourself publicly without even knowing it—photos you're tagged in, where you live or work, interests, and more. You share this data not only with the operator of the given site, but also with other companies or even people who could potentially harm you.

Protect your privacy

"If you have ever clicked on the option to log in with Facebook on any page, you have automatically given permission for sensitive data to be shared with the page you visited. Such data may even include your address, your place of employment, details about your relationship, places you have recently visited or who you are friends with.

The best way to stay safe even when you're online is to carefully and consciously share only what you don't mind the world knowing about you. As tempting as it may be to share with everyone that you and your family are going away for the weekend, it's important to remember that by sharing this information, you're essentially letting the world know that your house is being left unattended for that period of time.”

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Did you think while reading this article how ironic it is that a site that is supposed to warn you against sharing too much of your private details asks you to log in with Facebook? The operators of the site assure users that the information the site collects is carefully removed from the records, but that there are sites where logging in with Facebook puts you at considerable risk.

Source: AnonHQ

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