Others are outright scams and should be avoided entirely.

For example, any application offering to show you who has viewed your profile, who your Facebook stalkers are etc., are guaranteed to be fraudulent. Facebook doesn’t allow developers access to the data required to create apps like this.

There are a couple of things you should know about third party Facebook applications. First off, there is no formal review process for applications or developers on the Facebook platform. Anyone and everyone (scammers included) can create apps.  Some people seem to think  that if it’s on Facebook then it must be legitimate. No. That’s not the case.

Any application beginning with https://apps.facebook.com/*app_name_here was not developed by Facebook, and installing the application hands over your account data (based on application permissions) to the developer.

Before you install any Facebook app,  ask yourself –  is the personal data you’re giving to the developer worth any potential benefit the app may provide?  99% of the time the answer is most likely to be a resounding NO!

1. Click on the Friends link

to go to your Friends Page

2. Up in the right corner is an image of a pencil. (Is it a pencil? It’s an icon for ‘Edit’ anyway)

Click on that pencil and you get

Now you can edit the Privacy settings

You can set all the options as Only Me for full and complete privacy