When you create an account on Mastodon, your account is not private.
It would be best if you made some changes in configs for more privacy.
The good news is that the changes are easy to make; after that, you might enjoy privacy.
If you dont make any changes, anyone that finds you could start following you without your permission.
They can even search for you by your real name if youve added it.
There is no problem with using your preferred web app.
If you ever change your mind, you could always go back and change the privacy feature.
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You control who sees your posts by manually allowing others to follow you.
This is a necessary change if youre more protective of your privacy.
If not, anyone can follow you and see what you post.
To get started, check that that youve signed into your Mastodon account.
Once youre in theProfile section, scroll a little and check the box for theRequire follow requests.
In this case, there is no need to restart Mastodon for the changes to be applied.
Once youre done, dont forget to punch the Save changes button at the top right.
Thats all there is to it when you want to control who follows and sees what you post.
tap on the Posting Privacy one and choose only to have your followers see what you post.
you’ve got the option to easily make this change by going back to the Profile section.
If you check this option, other users wont be able to see your followers and the following list.
Now you dont have to wot worry that your account will be suggested to people you dont know.
By making this change, youll only get messages from people you know.
you could change this by going toPreferences, followed by theNotificationsoption on your left.
Scroll down until you get to theOther notifications parameters section.
Above this option, you’re able to enable two more useful privacy options.
Seehow you’re free to protect your privacy and hide your telegram profile picture.
Another privacy feature you could learn to use in Word.Discover how you could blur your images.
Are you a Snapchat user?
Snapchat also has privacy parameters you’re able to use.
For example, see how you canenable ghost mode and protect your privacy.
Firefox also has privacy options to make your browsing more secure.
Discover how you canincrease privacy and security on Firefox.
