As a backup if I for some reason would be locked out of my personal email account I usually configure various accounts with my corporate email as backup. So if all other fails, I still should be able to log on to the service, this time it was Facebook. No issue doing it I thought, since I only had configured my corporate address to be secondary backup. Other than that my Facebook wall is as restricted as it can be.
So then, on Friday my boss, which is not one of my friends on Facebook, told me that he had installed the latest version of the Outlook email client (2013). He also told me that my profile picture was taken from my FB-account, me as a sergeant in the army. That is one thing, since the profile picture is publicly available, but what was worse was that he also could see everything posted on my wall. Again, my wall is as limited as it can be, but not if you are accessing it using latest Outlook (guessing that you must be part of the same company, but hey…if you are working for WallMart the number of fellow employees are 2.1 million.
I easily removed this option by deleting my secondary email on FB…but, fu#¤ – how could I know? Anyhow, it just confirms the rules of social media (FB and others)
To protect yourself, there are certain things you should refrain from posting on your Facebook profile. This includes comments and gripes about your employer or co-workers. Think twice before going on a Facebook to rant about your religious and political convictions. Your convictions may offend a potential employer and result in you not getting a job. You should also be careful when posting pictures. There is always the chance that an employer may see your post. As a rule of thumb, if you wouldn’t want your boss to see it, don’t put it on Facebook.
