I had been working on a blog post on suggested Facebook security settings for about three months now. Today I decided to scrap it partly. Instead, I want to just pop out good suggestions whenever I come across them. Things change so fast in the social networking arena, I end up rewriting or loosing track of what I planned. So today is the start of hopefully many suggestions to staying safe while enjoying Facebook as a communication forum.
Right Privacy
I think privacy is probably the most overlooked setting users will assume Facebook has set right from default. Nothing against Facebook, however, you have to understand something about marketing if you want to succeed with allowing free usage of your products. It does not work well when there are roadblocks in the way.
Start with your Profile Information. Facebook would like you to share as much about you as they can in efforts to broaden your visibility to others; including those you would rather not by proxy of other friends. So first thing you want to look at is changing who can view parts of your profile. I suggest Only Friends 
With the exception of Photos and Videos of Me, I have a custom setting here that in theory should protect you from a smug friend who may try tagging you in some photo that may be less than appropriate. Only you and in this case, my custom friend I have selected may see this and hopefully help warn you that you were tagged inappropriately. From this point if you have been tagged and you do not approve, you always can go to the said picture and simply remove your name.
Facebook is just the tip of the iceberg. A shift in our society has occurred the past few years. We have gone from initially fearing the security of the internet to anything/everything goes, your nobody unless everything about you is transparent. There is little digital hygiene that is of any concern with many of the nets younger users. This is all they have known, so it must be safe, secure, and non-problematic. I don’t know where this all nets out for privacy and society. Caution is still necessary, storage is unlimited and cheaper by the day, and everything is connected. Everyone has to recognize this reality.