[Magdalen] Another question

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I have noticed a lot of problems with FB's new privacy policy, which is
essentially assuming that you let everyone see everything you've got unless
you say no.  You can go to the settings area of FB and look over the
privacy settings and set them for NO in any topic or subsection that you
would hypothetically not want others to see.  With various things you can
choose who gets to see them:
Nobody, friends, and some other parameters that, as I recall, are pretty
straightforward.  Pay special attention to privacy settings with portable
or other devices (which is where your kindle comes in).

The rule of thumb is that you should never ever post any information to any
electronic medium you would not want the world to see, because that is very
possibly what is going to happen.  Pictures you intend for some person or
persons should never go on FB, which is not reliable anyway.  You should
send those the old-fashioned way -- via email -- or print them out and send
them via snail mail. The latter may be a bit more work, but it's secure.
And, now that I think of it, snail mail is truly the OldFashioned Way.

If you see something that should not be there (whether it's yours or
anyone's) there is a means to flag it in FB.  That might not be a bad idea,
since a human will see that and make some decision about it, and you might
get some feedback on ways to protect yourself better.  As bad as FB might
be in the eyes of some, it is truly intent on not causing offense and
anger, so if you give the opportunity, they will probably at least point
you to a url of a site where you can get the info you need.  And who knows?
Someone in the know might actually help you fix your problem.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Maybe not as stupid as the last one...this one is for you computer experts.
>
> Part 1:
> I was trying to get the photos from the recent RAM clinic on my Kindle so
> they'd be larger and easier to show to friends. The only way I knew to do
> that was to email them to myself and then open them on the Kindle. So I did
> that. But then, seeing there was a Photos heading, I opened that--only to
> discover that it contained all the pictures currently on my phone--all
> sorted into years!  Since I've never saved any to the Kindle before, I have
> no idea how they got there. And I still don't know how to save them there
> on purpose.
>
> Part 2:
> I posted some of the photos to Facebook--about nine, I think. The next day
> I saw that a friend had shared my post, which was fine, but it said there
> were now 81 pictures there!  Sure enough, all the pictures on the Kindle
> were there...it said something about nine pictures being added to an ios
> file, whatever that is.  I couldn't remove the shared post, but I asked my
> friend to remove it. Now I'm afraid to post any pictures to FB at all. Can
> someone explain what has happened and what I need to do?