Supernova Media, keeping you safe on Facebook. Facebook offers a slew of privacy controls and security features which can help you be safe. If used properly, you'll never have to worry about whether you should friend the boss and your Mom. You can friend anyone you want while comfortable in the knowledge that not everyone gets to see everything you post.

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customers with a uniform custom branded web
presence.
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of WordPress websites & blogs. All our websites are
mobile friendly, have onsite search engine optimization
and social media integration.

4. http:// and https://
HTTP stands for HyperText Transport Protocol, Which is just a fancy
way of saying it's a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for
information to be passed back and forth between web servers and
clients. The important thing is the letter S which makes the difference
between HTTP and HTTPS.
The S (big surprise) stands for "Secure". If you visit a website or
webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely
begin with the following: http://.
This means that the website is talking to your browser using the
regular 'unsecure' language. In other words, it is possible for
someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the
website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the
information you send to that site.

5. http:// and https://
This is why you never ever enter your credit card
number in an http website! But if the web address
begins with https://, that basically means your
computer is talking to the website in a secure code
that no one can eavesdrop on.
You understand why this is so important, right?
If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card
information, you should automatically look to see if
the web address begins with https://. If it
doesn't, there's no way you're going to enter sensitive
information like a credit card number.
PASS IT ON (You may save someone a lot of grief).

6. Keeping You Secure
How do I turn on Secure Browsing (https)?
To turn on Secure Browsing (https):
1.Go to your Security Settings page ( > Account Settings
> Security)
2.Click on the Secure Browsing section
3.Check the box provided and save your changes
Please note that when you turn on secure browsing, any
other active Facebook sessions will be terminated. This
means that if you're logged into Facebook on another
web browser, you will be prompted to re-enter your login
information.

7. Scan Your Newsfeed
Most people need to click on a bad link to find out the hard way that it should never have been
shared, and only after the damage is done do they realize their mistake.
Fear no longer .... Symantec, makers of the popular Norton Anti-Virus software for PCs have
created Norton Safe Web, an application that scans your current news feeds to see if they
contain links that are unsafe for you or your friends to click on. It’s a free and easy way to
ensure that a little curious clicking won’t get you and your friends list into trouble.

8. Scan Your Newsfeed
According to Norton, the news feed scan will then ―identify URLs containing security risks such
as phishing sites, malicious downloads, browser exploits and links to unsafe external sites.‖
They have recently enhanced Norton Safe Web for Facebook application to include the option to
perform automatic background scan for malicious links.
Enable "Auto-Scan", to scan your News Feed now (http://apps.facebook.com/nortonsafeweb/)

9. Scan Your Newsfeed
On the Scan Summary page, you
can click on the "Enable Auto-Scan"
to have Safe Web check and notify
you of malicious links every hour.
Once you grant permission and run
a scan of your newsfeed you can
adjust the permissions you've just
given to Norton Safe Web.
Go to Account - Privacy Settings -
Apps & Websites - edit your settings

10. Scan Your Newsfeed
Hover over Norton Safe Web and you'll
see a pencil to edit permission. Click the
pencil and give only the required
permissions.
Norton Safe Web has a host of other
free services worth checking in to.
We ran a scan of our
http://www.supernovastudios.ca site -
very cool!
You can check any website you want -
try it now! http://safeweb.norton.com/

11. Stop Sharing Your Location
Did you know that every time you compose a post on
a mobile device or desktop computer, you will see a
tiny gray location in the lower left of the status box.
What happens is Facebook grabs your location via
GPS or Wi-Fi router, and attaches it to your post, so
your friends can enjoy a more in-depth stalking
experience. Funny I don't remember opting in to
that?
After digging through your privacy and account
settings, the option to turn off location-sharing isn't
available.

12. Stop Sharing Your Location
Don't worry it's easy to turn it off. Here's how:
■ Since the location text is shown in light gray, it's very easy to miss. Always check the lower left of the
status box to see if a location is attached.
■ If you're on the Web, simply hover over the location and click the "X." Your location will no longer be
attached, even to future statuses. If you later change your mind, just click the location marker to
manually enter your location, but remember: it will be attached again for all future updates.
■ On the Facebook mobile app, tap the
location to remove it. Alternatively, you
can turn off location services for
Facebook entirely by going to Settings >
Location Services, and turning it off for
Facebook.

13. Backup your Profile/Pages
What would you do if you woke up one morning and your Facebook account had been
deactivated?
Stranger things have happened.. and with a free service like Facebook, it could be weeks before
you got in touch with someone there to have it "fixed".
I love Facebook for storing photos, using the like button as a means of bookmarking my favorite
articles/sites, connecting with friends, and of course.. marketing.
It's hard not to feel vulnerable when the information and
connections (I've worked years to establish) and have on
my profile and pages does not belong to me. I know this is
a contentious issue, but I'd be happy to pay for my
business page to have more control.

14. Backup your Profile/Pages
Last night while on Facebook I was logged
out several times and asked to log back in.
Each time I logged back in I got a message
from Facebook indicating that there had been
malicious activity on my account. This
happened at least a dozen times. And the
fear set in.....
What if my account became deactivated by
Facebook? What if I lost my business page?
All those connections. The hours of work. The
information. It kept me awake and on the
agenda this morning was to be proactive and
do whatever I could to protect my accounts.

15. Backup your Profile/Pages
The first step was to download my Facebook information.
Go to Account, Account Settings, Download your profile information You will get a message like
this: Click okay and you will be notified by email when your information is ready for download.
Unfortunately, this is only your profile information and not your brand pages. (gulp...)
Second, I bookmarked the site for Facebook Help
should the unthinkable ever happen:
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=
disabled
And really, that was all I could do. I recommend you do
the same.

16. Backupify
They promise:
■ Never lose your Facebook Fan Page data –
even if your Page is hacked
■ Never lose a tagged Photo, Video or Note -
even if the original poster removes it from
Facebook.
Here's the question though. Backing something
up only seems to be of value if there's also a
way to restore the information and with
Facebook there isn't. Sure, you'll have a record
of all of your posts, your fans comments, photos
you've uploaded, etc., but is any of that really
useful to us if it's not on Facebook?

17. Login Notifications
Over the last few weeks, Facebook has been testing a new feature that allows you to
approve the devices you commonly use to log in and then to be notified whenever your
account is accessed from a device you haven't approved. This feature is now available to
everyone.
To try it out, go to the Account
.
Settings page and click on the
link next to "Account Security" at
the bottom of the page. If you
select the option to receive
notifications for logins from new
devices, when you log in, you'll be
asked to name and save the
various devices you use to
access Facebook.

18. Login Notifications
For example, you can save your home computer, your school or work computer, and your
mobile phone. Once you've done this, whenever someone logs in to your account from a
device not on this list, Facebook will ask the person to name the device.
They’ll also send you an immediate email
notification - and if you want, a text
message - so that you're always up to
speed on how your account is being
accessed. This notification will provide
steps on how to reset your password and
remove the device, so you can quickly
secure your account if it's being accessed
from a device you don't recognize.

19. Login Notifications
Facebook has also built a new system to
block suspicious logins before they
happen. When we see that someone is
trying to access your account from an
unusual device, they'll ask the person to
answer an additional verification question
to prove his or her identity as the real
account owner. For example, they might
ask the person to enter a birth
date, identify a friend in a photo or answer
a security question if you've previously
provided one. These questions are
designed to be easy for you, and hard for
a bad guy, and they’ve already had great
results.

20. Login Notifications
Once you've confirmed your identity, you'll have the opportunity to
review recent logins on your account and reset your password if
you see logins that you don't recognize.
You won't go through this flow often. They'll only ask you to prove
your identity on the rare occasion that they notice something
different. If you're ever asked to go through this flow, that's just
Facebook's site integrity team saying "Hi" and that they're here to
help you protect your account.
Facebook is confident that these new tools and systems will do a lot
to prevent unauthorized logins and the nuisance they can cause. As
always, though, the first line of defense is you. They need you to
help by practicing safe behavior on Facebook and wherever you go
online.

21. Facebook Smart Lists
Recently Facebook announced enhancements to lists, including the
release of ―smart lists.‖ This new functionality helps to auto-
generate lists for users, a task that was somewhat tedious in the
past. With smart lists you can group your family into one
list, business associates into another and target your updates to
specific lists.
Which basically means you can use Facebook for business and
pleasure with one profile, without your business people seeing the
―personal‖ stuff you post.
Access your Smart Lists via your home page under your profile
photo, in the left column. Note the notification notices beside each
list. These are your real time updates conveniently sorted and
viewable by a simple click!

22. Facebook Smart Lists
Facebook smart lists provide automated friend lists and
populates some of the default fields for you
(family, work, school, location) based on the information you
and your friends have provided in your short bio. Friends who
attended the same college or work for the same company
would instantly appear on a smart list, which will have its own
News Feed of photos, status updates and other posts from the
people on the list. Users may also manually add or subtract
names from their smart lists.
Friends lists are completely optional, but why wouldn't you
take advantage of the opportunity to target your status updates
and sort your Newsfeed by the information most important to
you? Friends added to the following 3 categories will NOT be
notified by Facebook.

23. Facebook Smart Lists
How to edit Smart Lists:
You can add individual friends to lists by hovering over the Friends button at the top of their
profile and selecting from the list names that appear. Once organized by lists choose which
information you see from your friends: all updates, most updates (what you normally see) or
only important highlights.
You can also edit your lists or create custom lists right from
your home page:
•Click the Home link (along the top-right of every Facebook
page)
•Find the list you want to edit in the left column, or click the
More link next to Lists
•Select the list you want to edit or click Create a List
•Search for your friends in the search bar at the top of the
page, or add people from the List Suggestions on the right.

24. Facebook Smart Lists
You’ll start to see List Suggestions on the sidebar in various
areas. If I pull up the ―Most Recent‖ newsfeeds for one of my
existing lists, Facebook now suggests people it thinks might be
applicable additions to this list. With a click of the + I can add
them.
You might want to put people in lists so that you can:
•HIDE certain content from them (posts and profile items)
•NOT allow them to Tag you or check you into places
•NOT allow them to see your Friends
•NOT allow your other friends to see their interaction with you
These may be the most useful lists you have but they have to be
built manually.

25. Netiquette
"Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online
communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online
and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace
Imagine the reaction you would get walking into a black-tie dinner
dressed for a game of tennis. It's a fact that people who would
never endure such embarrassment in real life often generate
similarly negative responses online—sometimes unknowingly—
through their ignorance of the most basic rules.
The way you post messages, retrieve information, and deal with
others online impacts other users. Proper attention to Netiquette
ensures you put your best foot forward at all times while
inconveniencing those you meet online the least.

26. Netiquette
* Rule 1: Remember the Human - The golden rule your
parents and your kindergarten teacher taught you was
pretty simple: Do unto others as you'd have others do
unto you. Imagine how you'd feel if you were in the other
person's shoes. Stand up for yourself, but try not to hurt
people's feelings.
* Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life - Standards
of behavior may be different in some areas of cyberspace, but they are not lower than in real
life.
* Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace - Spend a while listening to the chat or reading the
archives. Get a sense of how the people who are already there act. Then go ahead and
participate.

27. Netiquette
* Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth -
When you send email or post to a discussion
group, you're taking up other people's time. It's your
responsibility to ensure that the time they spend reading
your posting isn't wasted.
* Rule 5: Make yourself look good online - Spelling and
grammar do count. Know what you're talking about and
make sense. Bad information propagates like wildfire on
the net.
* Rule 6: Share expert knowledge - The Internet itself
was founded and grew because scientists wanted to
share information. Don't be afraid to share what you
know.

28. Netiquette
Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control - "Flaming" is what people do
when they express a strongly held opinion without holding back any
emotion.
* Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy - You'd never dream of going
through your colleagues' desk drawers. So naturally you wouldn't read their
email either.
* Rule 9: Don't abuse your power - Some people in cyberspace have more
power than others. Knowing more than others, or having more power than
they do, does not give you the right to take advantage of them.
* Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes - Everyone was a network
newbie once. If you do decide to inform someone of a mistake, point it out
politely, and preferably by private email rather than in public.

29. Our Services
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genuinely enjoy what you do. We offer an
array of services at Supernova Media but
here’s what we do best:
• Web Design & Hosting
• Consulting
• Branding
• Virtual Tours
We know that your success is our success.
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30. About Nancy Bain
Nancy is a business owner, educator, and business strategist
with more than 20 years experience. When she is not advising
and teaching people about social media, Nancy spends a lot of
her own time using social media.
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