6 privacy settings "VKontakte", which is to pay attention

Check whether your page is hidden from prying eyes, whether the phone number is hidden, and that goes to tape your friends.

1. Who can find me when you import contacts by phone number

Find people by phone number may be in the VK is not the first year. To do this, you need only store the number in the phonebook, and then import the contacts via the tab "Friends" in the mobile social network application. So you can see a list of pages that are linked to your saved numbers.

Most recently, the VK now has a search constraints when importing contacts. If is it not heard and did not notice privacy settings, Then by default your account shall be determined by searching the phone number will also be displayed to other users in the section "Possible friends."

A direct connection between the telephone number and the specific profile of the social network does not show, however, even with this import contacts may well be used for deanonimizatsii users and create a database for mailing spam.

To protect themselves from the possibility of being discovered at the phone number in the privacy settings in the line "Who can find me when you import contacts by number" to choose the value "No".

2. Who can see the list of my friends and subscriptions

This option will allow you to hide from friends profile of someone or subscription. It is useful if you do not want to know about your intimate conversation with some man. To activate, simply tick the box in front of the selected contacts and save your changes.

Option, located below, allows you to choose the friends who can see your hidden contacts. Available in it to "Hidden Friends" allows himself hidden contacts to find yourself in your friend list. That is, even they are not aware that you get them from someone concealed.

3. Who can call me

In late April, in mobile apps, social networks appeared Make voice and video calls. To do this in the chat need to click on the phone icon in the upper right corner. So you do not bother unnecessary challenges in settings privacy Limit the list of those who can call you. This, for example, may be all your friends or just your favorite contacts.

4. Who can call me in the annexes

An invitation to one of the social network "VKontakte" games usually is not a call to compete, but simply a means to get in-buns. Sending these invitations allows you to get extra coins, life and all sorts of bonuses. That is why, under the distribution includes all who can call themselves in applications.

To protect itself from these invitations can be in the privacy settings "VKontakte", putting in the corresponding value of the column "No".

5. Anyone on the Internet visible to my page

This column in the section "Other" allows you to remove your page from an ordinary search results, it will only be displayed when searching inside social network. If the setting is "All", then type your first and last name in a Google search on the first page, including one of the proposed options will also be linked to your profile on VK. If you do not need it, select "Only users VKontakte".

6. What updates see my friends in the news

This item has privacy settings allows you to specify what your friends need to know. Whatever you choose here will be displayed in their news section. For example, if it is "Audio", then all they know about you add a new track. If this is the "Comments", the friends will be able to see exactly where and what you have commented on.

Accordingly, if you do not want to advertise their huskies, new music, disputes with other users, and other activities, you need to remove the check mark from all sections.

Do not forget that in the bottom of the privacy settings available to you a link that allows you to look at your page through the eyes of strangers you the user or one of the selected contacts.

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