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For those who have concern with having privacy on MySpace, there are several simple codes that you can utilize to shield your identity from strangers. While many groups, models, and bands are on MySpace to promote their careers, some individuals still prefer to have their pages hidden and protected. Fortunately there are many ways to keep a MySpace profile private.

You probably already know that you can set your page preference on ‘private’. Your profile will be hidden for the most part by people who aren’t on your friends list, although anyone can still see your contact table. If you’d prefer to not have strangers sending you a friend request or a PM, there are ‘hide contact table codes’ on MySpace graphics sites.

If you don’t want to make your page private, but you want to protect the identities of your friends, there are codes you can find that will hide your friends. This will be a good idea if any of your friends are younger, it will help protect them against adults who may have the best intentions.

It is also possible to hide your online status to keep everyone from knowing when exactly you’re online. You can edit your MySpace privacy settings or copy and paste a ‘hide status’ code from a MySpace resources site. This way the ‘online now’ status won’t ever show up on your profile. You can find and use codes that will hide your last login time as well. Not only can you stay invisible while surfing MySpace, but you can keep anyone from knowing exactly the last time you were on.

You can easily conceal your personal information and about me settings from people you don’t know. If you don’t want to convey what type of interests you have, there are codes you can obtain from MySpace codes sites that will hide that specific part of your profile. You can also find a MySpace survey to fill out to use on your profile if you don’t like MySpace’s default settings. There are thousands of MySpace quizzes, tests, and surveys on the web.

You can also apply a MySpace code to hide your comments. If you have comments from some friends that you’d rather your other friends not see, a ‘hide comments’ code will come in handy. Your MySpace page will also load a lot more quickly especially if you hide all of the large pictures some people like to leave for comments.

So now you have some ideas about how to keep your MySpace private. There are many privacy codes that will allow you to hide whatever part(s) of your profile you wish to keep invisible. There are many privacy codes to choose from, without hidding your entire profile. It’s still possible to keep your MySpace page unique and true to yourself while maintaining your privacy.

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