How To Hide Your Facebook Application Activity From Others

Yesterday I had an interesting thing occur when testing out a new Facebook application: my activity was automatically shared with my friends without me being aware. This new functionality is part of Facebook's "application discovery stories" which help organically drive awareness of new Facebook application, yet simultaneously potentially sacrifice a user's privacy. Here's how to protect yourself.

Yesterday I had an interesting thing occur when testing out a new Facebook application: my activity was automatically shared with my friends without me being aware. This new functionality is part of Facebook’s “application discovery stories” which help organically drive awareness of new Facebook application, yet simultaneously potentially sacrifice a user’s privacy. Here’s how to protect yourself.

What Are Application Discovery Stories?

Yesterday evening while watching the San Francisco Giants game, I was sitting next to my girlfriend who happened to be browsing Facebook.

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