Social media Beware of the soul mate on Facebook

Currently, the question of the soulmate on Facebook makes the rounds. Many users are annoyed by it. Consumer advocates warn even before the game. Private data could be passed on. But there are ways to protect yourself.

Disseminated data could be abused
Who is your true soul mate? "This question is currently being discussed about the use of the website Captainquizz on Facebook, the news agency dpa reports. The answer seems to interest quite a few users. However, the portal Checked4You of the consumer center North Rhine-Westphalia warns us to be careful, because you have to allow the application access to the Facebook profile as well as the friends list. Captainquizz then takes photos of friends. This means that you also pass photos of others to a service without knowing what happens to them. This could be recreated profiles in the worst case. However, according to the portal, there are no indications that this will be done. Information about data collection and collection is not found on Captainquizz.

Consumer advocates warn of new Facebook app. (Image: whitelook / fotolia)

How users can protect themselves
Those who do not want their own photos to be used in such applications should make their friends list invisible. In the message explains how to do that: You have to click on the settings on Facebook at the top of the bar on its own user name, then right below the profile photo "Friends" and then select the right icon with the small pen ("manage ") And select" Edit Privacy ". Then with the question "who can see your friend list?" Over the button right "only I" select. "Who can see the people and lists you subscribe to?" On the right "Just me" as well. It all sounds complicated, but it works fast.

Many smartphone users would pass on health data
Data protection and data security have not been very important to most people since the NSA scandal. In some areas, however, the transfer of data can certainly bring benefits, for example in the health sector. Only recently, a survey came to the conclusion: One in three would forward health data to the cash register. This meant data on fitness, diet or lifestyle. Bernhard Rohleder, chief executive of the industry association Bitkom, who conducted the survey, said that data collected via the app, such as steps taken, visual or hearing test results, or photos of skin lesions, could individually inform, advise, and medically better serve each patient to supply. (Ad)