
The popup displays a cartoon dinosaur using a laptop and asks you to verify with whom they want to share the post. This "privacy checkup" message warns users when they're about to share a status update, photo, or link that will be visible to anyone. Over the past few weeks, some Facebook users noticed a friendly new face - its privacy dinosaur. Choose your new privacy setting for the photo from the dropdown menu. To change the audience of a photo, click it, and then hover over the icon next to the date. When you receive the update, navigate to your photo albums homepage and open the one entitled Cover Photos. (Facebook already lets you change the privacy settings of your former profile photos.)

Your current profile photo and cover photos are automatically public, but Facebook will soon let you change the privacy setting of your old cover photos. This change makes it easier to see who you're about to share something with, which can help prevent unintended sharing.

#Current cover photo privacy update#
In a new test, Facebook will move the audience selector to the top of the update status box in a new "To:" field similar to what you see when you compose an email. When posting to Facebook via a mobile device, Facebook's audience selector has been hidden behind an icon that corresponds with your privacy setting - a globe if you post publicly, a two-person silhouette to share with friends, and a lock symbol if the post is private, for example. For example, Facebook will clarify Public with "Anyone on or off Facebook" and Friends with "Your friends on Facebook." Options include Public, Friends, Only Me, Your Lists, and Custom.Īccording to Facebook, it will update this dropdown menu by adding details below each audience option. When you post to Facebook, you can change the audience of each post by clicking a dropdown menu next to the post button.

The new privacy changes Facebook will test include clearer explanations of your settings, additional controls for your photos, and reminders when you're about to post publicly. This controversial change drew criticism from both parents and privacy groups. One change that stemmed from user feedback and the privacy surveys was Facebook's decision last fall to allow teens to post publicly.
