Total privacy on FB

whichwhydoIturn

Hello , hope you can Eli me .I have a sister in law going to China today for 3 weeks
Could I join FB so that no one can ask to be my friends , see posts &photos. Just want to have my DD & SIL as friends
Just so that I cam keep in touch with her whilst she is away .
Thank you

Mr_Toad

The quick answer is don't bother.

Facebook, along with a lot of other stuff, is blocked by the Chinese so the chances are your sister in law won't be able to use it.

There are ways the technically savvy can access FB in China but as fast as people find a way the authorities try and block it again.

I'm afraid the Chinese don't have the freedom we have when it comes to internet.

Lum

Even if you stay entirely within the UK, there is no such thing as privacy on Facebook.

You could start communicating via email with some form of encryption, but that's probably more likely to attract the attention of the Chinese authorities than if you just sent your family photos or whatever in the clear.

Blackpool_Saver

Yes, make a room and have it as secret, don't know about blocking in China though, or skype, sends pics via that

Mr_Toad

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Yes, make a room and have it as secret, don't know about blocking in China though, or skype, sends pics via that

That's no good either the Chinese made Skype illegal in 2010.

The Chinese do not like people accessing or talking to the outside world.

kwikbreaks

IMO it's a great pity that the UK authorities don't block it here.

Mr. Grumpy

giraffe69

IMO it's a great pity that the UK authorities don't block it here.

It's compulsory to use it?

kwikbreaks

giraffe69 wrote: »

It's compulsory to use it?

No but it seems to cause a lot of arguments in the real real between children who aren't even old enough to legitimately register.

Fire_Fox

whichwhydoIturn wrote: »

Hello , hope you can Eli me .I have a sister in law going to China today for 3 weeks
Could I join FB so that no one can ask to be my friends , see posts &photos. Just want to have my DD & SIL as friends
Just so that I cam keep in touch with her whilst she is away .
Thank you

Yes there are loads of privacy and invisibility type settings.

esuhl

Wouldn't it be easier to just use email? So long as you don't discuss any sensitive political issues or freedoms, your sister-in-law probably won't be arrested. ;-)