Scrolling through Instagram often raises questions, especially when a private Instagram viewer becomes the only way to access locked profiles without sending a request. We tested multiple tools across ...

Many users of social networking sites (primarily Facebook) have opted to take the privacy thing to the extreme and basically hide from everyone they don’t want to be friends with. No search will ...

Google will not allow any private profiles on its new social network, Google+, reports Greg Finn at Search Engine Land. All private profiles that have already been created will be deleted after July ...

If you're using a Google Profile - which describes anyone using the new Google+ social network - Google's issuing an ultimatum: If you don't make your profile public by July 31st, Google will delete ...

Google had warned that it planned to start deleting Google+ profiles that had not been made public sometime after yesterday, July 31. It's unclear whether this has started happening yet. Lance Whitney ...

Facebook is testing a feature that allows you to set a ‘private’ profile only your closest friends can see. After all, not everyone on Facebook is really your friend. Facebook working on a private ...

Google has issued a warning to Google+ users that it has begun deleting private profiles, and will be removing them from the social network going forward. Following upon earlier warnings, the online ...

A growing percentage of people are wising up to the consequences of willy-nilly friending and status update-posting. The Pew Internet and American Life Project, which surveyed 2,277 adults 18 and over ...

We already showed you how easy it was to navigate privacy settings on Google+. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Now there's even ...