On June 1, 2009
Hide your year of birth.
Don’t show your year of birth. This may or may not make a difference. I’m not one to be coy about my age/year of birth… however, some time ago I heard from a reliable source that not disclosing your year of birth was just one small step towards protecting yourself from identity theft.
Here’s how: on your Facebook Profile, click the “Info” tab, then click “Edit Information” (or mouseover the Basic Information section and click the little pencil. From the drop down menu next to Birthday, select “Show only month & day in my profile.”
June 4th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I also have changed my birth ” day” up or down one day on the calendar. So people who look at my profile are seeing the real month but not the real day. Another thing is I limit who can see what on my profile which is really important to me if I don’t know the person I don’t add them. you can be safe if you follow your instincts.