How to Adjust Your Facebook Privacy Settings. Do it.

You are not friends with Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. You are their product. –USA Today
“Attention Facebook users, all 2 billion of you. If after reading the latest news about a private company harvesting your personal data for political gain, you think Facebook has screwed you, you have no one to blame but yourself. Facebook has been playing fast and loose with your data and privacy for years….For years, we loved Facebook without thinking of how it worked or what the consequences were. We happily, giddily traded all of our privacy and shared data – without much thought – for access to free information about friends, relatives and news….Fair or not, the onus to protect our data is on us to get smarter. We really have no right to be mad. There is no such thing as a free lunch. We always knew that, but it was convenient to look away and hit the ‘like’ button instead. So here’s how to adjust your Facebook privacy settings. Do it.”