Facebook and Socialcam
on May 19 in News posted by admin
We have noticed a growing number of people using the Socialcam app here on Facebook. What most people do not realize is those embarrassing and sometimes risqué videos are being posted on your timeline as you view them. Needless to say this could not only embarrass YOU but it could put you at risk with your employers, your family, etc.
Turn off Socialcam and be aware of what you share. Here’s how to turn it off, but there is a catch with mobile devices:
1. Go to Facebook and on the left hand column under apps double-click Socialcam
2. Once in the Socialcam app itself, in the upper right hand corner, choose Settings.
3. In Settings, scroll down to “Auto Sharing” and unclick both the Facebook options. Scroll down again and hit SAVE.
4. One thing that is troubling about this app is that when you turn off public sharing in Socialcam on your computer but watch a video on your mobile device, the settings revert to make all the activity public. Turning the settings back to private and testing it by watching another video on a different computer in a new browser, Socialcam again turns the settings back to public sharing. Also, it seems every time you open the settings for Socialcam, it reverts back to public.
5. WORKAROUND: Go the app section of Facebook , choose settings for Socialcam and where it asks “who can see this activity” choose “Only Me.”
The other option which we recommend is to just delete the app from your Facebook profile and go directly to their website instead so you aren’t watching any videos that will be shared and might embarrass you. We are not trying to tell you what to watch – watch whatever you want, it’s your time, your Internet and your choices, but you just might not want to be sharing every single one of those choices.
