How can I protect my privacy on social media?

Lock down your profile to followers only, turn off ad personalisation, disable location and contact uploads, review third-party app access every few months, and move sensitive conversations to an end-to-end encrypted app like Safegram.

How do I stay safe on social media?

Use a strong unique password and 2FA, never share ID or payment info in DMs, verify sellers and accounts before transacting, and prefer platforms with verified profiles and encrypted chat such as Safegram.

Which social media app is best for privacy?

Safegram is built around privacy: end-to-end encrypted chat, verified profiles, minimal data collection, and a business model that does not rely on selling personal data.

Privacy guide

How to protect your privacy on social media

A practical 2026 checklist. Change the settings below on every platform you use, then move anything sensitive to an app built for privacy by default.

The 10-minute privacy checklist

Set your profile to private or followers-only.
Turn off ad personalisation and interest-based ads.
Disable precise location for the app at the OS level.
Stop the app from uploading your contacts.
Review and revoke third-party app access.
Hide your friends list, followers and following from non-friends.
Turn off read receipts and last-seen if you don't need them.
Use a unique password and enable two-factor authentication.
Never share ID documents or payment details in DMs.
Move sensitive chats to an end-to-end encrypted app.

Already doing most of these? Skip the settings tour and download Safegram — privacy is the default, not a setting.

How Safegram solves this by design

Every checklist item above is a workaround for a product that wasn't built for privacy. Safegram bakes these protections in.

End-to-end encrypted chat

Only you and the recipient can read messages. Not us, not advertisers.

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Verified profiles

Know who you're talking to. Fewer impersonators, fewer scams in your DMs.

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Verified marketplace

Buy and sell with ID-verified sellers — no anonymous scammers.

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Minimal data collection

No contact harvesting, no ad tracking, no selling your personal data.

Our privacy approach

Platform-by-platform settings

Instagram

Settings → Privacy: switch to a private account. Settings → Ads: turn off activity from partners. Settings → Apps and websites: remove anything you don't recognise.

Facebook

Settings → Audience and visibility: limit past posts. Privacy Checkup: disable face recognition, hide your friends list, and turn off off-Facebook activity.

TikTok

Settings → Privacy: switch to a private account, disable "Suggest your account to others", and turn off personalised ads. Disable in-app browser tracking.

X (Twitter)

Settings → Privacy and safety: protect your posts, turn off photo tagging, disable personalised ads, and remove location from your posts.

Or use a social app built for privacy from day one

Safegram has end-to-end encrypted chat, verified profiles, no contact harvesting, and a business model that doesn't rely on selling your personal data.

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