Privacy settings issue

Recently, after some of the latest updates I faced the problem that I cannot change IM and incoming calls restriction from "anyone" to "people in my contact list only". As the result, I receive numerous incoming requests, which are really annoying. How this functionality can be restored? I belive tereis the bug in the software. I am considering to get a rid of it, because now it has a lot of unnecessary thigs, which I cannot switch off.
BTW, I'm definitely not logged in anywhere else and changing the password does not help.

try to switch to offline for 5-10 seconds, then revert to online. Then you try to change your privacy settings.
though I have no concrete idea of the logic behind this process, but it worked in many cases.
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Everytime I change my privacy settings, it never stays which is an issue because I can't use Gmail since my cookie settings never stay on.

I only want to use Firefox, but for the longest time I've had to keep Chrome as a backup browser because that is the only way I can view my gmail account. I want to view it on Firefox, but a cookies issue won't let me. Every time I go into my privacy settings and change it to custom, it never stays. I will change it, and immediately go back to the privacy settings and notice that my last changes haven't been saved. I reset my Firefox to factory settings, as well as started my Firefox in safe mode and tried to see if add-ons would be causing an issue (they weren't, as add-ons are disabled in safe mode and gmail still wouldn't let me in...). How can I make my privacy settings stay permanently to my custom settings please? I would very much like to get rid of chrome and only use Firefox.

You can try to delete the cookies.sqlite and permissions.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Director: Show Folder (Linux: Open Director; Mac: Show in Finder)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
You can inspect and manage the permissions for the domain in the currently selected tab via these steps:
*Click the "Site Identity Button" (globe/padlock) on the location bar
*Click "More Information" to open "Tools > Page Info" with the Security tab selected
*Go to the Permissions tab (Tools > Page Info > Permissions) to check the permissions for the domain in the currently selected tab
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Issues with privacy settings

I am getting a ridiculous amount of strange people contacting me, some of them vulgar, I tried to set all my settings to "Only Allow Contacts" but when I click save, the window closes and the settings dont change. Unknown people are still contacting me. How do I fix this?

not certain of the logic behind this procedure, but it actually work in numerous similar cases. Just switch to offline status for at 5-10 seconds, then revert back to online. Then proceed in changing your privacy settings to desired options and the new settings should stick.
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My facebook profile photo shows up on an email to a friend who has a yahoo email address, but is not my Facebook friend. All my FB privacy settings are at the max. Is this a Yahoo privacy issue? I don't want my photo to go to other than FB friends.

I recently sent an email to a friend, who is NOT a Facebook friend, who has a yahoo email account, and my Facebook profile picture appeared next to the email. My privacy settings on FB only allow FB friends to see my photo. Why is another yahoo account that is not a FB friend seeing my profile photo and is there a Yahoo privacy setting that will eliminate this from happening? Thank you.
== This happened ==
Just once or twice
== this week

Did you check that your Facebook settings haven't changed?
Facebook may have changed them as part of a software update.
Is there a link in that email (signature) with a link to that picture?
Try to send an email to yourself.

Firefox will not open now - I just updated my privacy settings, and cleared cookies - what happened?

I changed the privacy settings on Firefox preferences, including clearing cookies, history and cache, and now Firefox will not open at all. It said it had to restart after one of the privacy changes, but it didn't and now won't open by the dock icon or thru applications. What happened, and how can I correct the issue to start using Firefox again? Thanks.

Hello,
Try start in Safe Mode:
*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode Firefox in safe mode]
Also see this article:
*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-does-not-work-common-fixes Firefox does not work - Common fixes to get you back up and running]

Privacy settings not working for me

Hi, I'm Jan and this is more or less my rage.
I THOUGHT Skype had privacy settings, cause I wanted to change some today and I went to check profile settings on my desktop software and show full profile and suddenly at the right edge I see the bane of my existance when privacy is considered. ALMOST EVERYTHING IS GREYED OUT AND SET TO PUBLIC! ARE YOU FREAKING MENTAL?! I'd like most of my info set to contacts only, thankyouverymuch. SO WHAT?! If I want to hide who I am until I am certain I want to tell somebody that information, I should commit identity fraud and FAKE ALL OF MY INFO?! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN CONSIDER DOING IT?! IS OUR PRIVACY WORTH ANYTHING TO US?! I realize that Skype has been through the gutter since it got bought out by Microsoft, but really? You can't manage not showing certain information? EVEN FACEBOOK WHO OWNS ALL THE INFO I PUT ON THERE HAS A "HIDE YOUR INFORMATION TO NON-FRIENDS" SETTING!!! I have a feeling I'll be searching for a new IM and net-calling provider soon, if this doesn't get fixed...
To be honest, I've been patient with every crash, every freeze, every update that looked more hideous than the previous, but this is the last straw.

Thanks for reply. Have done this already. Been spending 48 hours solving all the hardware issues that iOS 7 has caused. I have hardware issues that I never had before update. Had my beef with apple customer service that resulted in Apple being very keen on charging me £200+ for fixing iPad or advising me to buy anew iPad.
Result is that microphone is dead since update after resetting to factory setting 3 times!
Xmas will buy a nexus or samsung, fed up with the bad customer service, the poor software updates, 2 years for a £500 iPad is a bad return on money.
Apple take note!

Apps not showing up in privacy settings, Skype not working

Skype was working okay, but today, when I tried to call someone from my phone, it said i had to allow skype to use the mic, but I had already done that. I still went to privacy settings, but no apps showed up there. But on the camera, while I had multiple apps that use it, none showed up either. In fact, tthe only privacy setting working right was location services!

Hi SebaJK7,
Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, programs are not being listed in settings to use certain features. I would recommend that you read these articles, they may be helpful in troubleshooting your issue.
Restart or reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a great day,
Mario

Privacy Settings not saved

I am running Windows 7, 64 bit and Skype 5.3... and the Privacy Settings are not being saved. I cannot save the "Only allow people..." setting.
WTF is going on... I pay for Skype services and I am constantly being annoyed and interrupted by drone spammers.
I need to be able to SAVE MY SETTINGS.
PLEASE FIX.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Before trying to isolate an issue, it's always best that one is running the latest Skype release. Which may in itself resolve the issue.
A new version has just been released July 28, 2011:
Please click the "Get Skype" link at the top of this page and download the normal version of Skype, NOT the beta version to get this new version.
This new version is 5.5.0.112 to check what version you have, using the main Skype client window please do:
Help -> About Skype
NOTE: If this did not work, please right click on the Skype Icon located in the system tray, change your status ot "Offline" for 5 seconds and then change your status back to "Online" and then try re-setting your privacy settings and then clicking the "Save" button.
About Me You can also use a IP Camera as your camera for Skype video Example Instructions

Connot get it to accept cookies; privacy settings are re-set each time after I change them. How can I get the privacy setting to stick and accept cookies?

I need to accept cookies to log into a technical site. I clear all cookies and the history and follow the instructions for setting privacy options to "Use custom settings for history" and to accept all cookies. When I go back to try logging into the site, it still tells me cookies aren't accepted. When I go back to Options-Privacy, the setting has been changed back to "Remember history" from "Use custom settings for history". I have done this about 5 times, trying various options, closing Firefox after making the change and starting it again - nothing works. How can I get the privacy settings to stay as I set them and accept cookies?

Blocking all cookies in Safari does not work. Deleted cookies will not stay deleted. There are numerous threads on this going back years, both in these forums and elsewhere. Many claim to have submitted the issue to Apple, but I have never seen anyone post a reply.
I have seen many suggested fixes that involve finding the cookies file, some including Terminal manipulations, and none seems to work universally. I can find noplace where Apple addresses this officially with an actual Apple-approved explanation or how-to.
Bottom line, your browser's security features should do what they claim: delete cookies. When they come back without ever even visiting another page, this is clearly not working in the way a reasonable user would expect.
Bottom line, Safari does not protect users' privacy in the way it pretends to and, after so many years of this issue, it appears that Apple wants it this way.
Having spent way too much time on this, I realize the choice is between Safari which is pretty well optimized; Firefox which is a lot pokier, at least for me; and Chrome, which I assume funnels personal information directly to Google.

Not showing recent calls, and privacy settings

Im so confused. All of a sudden, my iphone 4 is glitching. Here are the problems
1)its not showing my recent or missed calls at all, unless a voice mail is left
2) in the privacy settings, its not allowing me to allow apps access to my photos
3)my photo apps (including instagram) wont open
I tried doing a hard reset on the phone, and that didnt work. I also tried removing the apps and restoring them in itunes and that didnt work either.
HELP!!

Hello emilydoanne,
Oh No! I'm extremely sorry to learn that you're having issues with your wireless device. I understand the importance of having consistent access to your device at all times. I want to make sure we work on a resolution right away. I do appreciate you completing a hard reset on the device. When this process was completed, how did you do this? Have you plugged your device into iTunes to process a full factory restore? Have you taken your device into a local Apple or VZW store for a hands on evaluation? Please keep us posted, thanks!
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Privacy settings on Journals?

My apologies if this should be an iCloud question - but I am wondering who can see the Journals I upload to the Cloud? Are they private or protected somehow?
Thanks, Nicole

you may need to install the Skype windows/mac version to adjust your privacy settings. I think that your desired settings will be carried over or will also apply when you login again using your iOS device.
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Privacy settings on iPod Touch

Can anyone tell me how I get to the privacy settings on iPod Touch?
If not available on the app on the iPod Touch, is there a way to set them if I sign in at skype.com? (Couldn't find it there either)
Solved!
Go to Solution.

you may need to install the Skype windows/mac version to adjust your privacy settings. I think that your desired settings will be carried over or will also apply when you login again using your iOS device.
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No apps shown in privacy settings

In my privacy settings are no apps shown at all. I have apps like PuzzleBox, Skype and others that would like to access my photos or microphone but when I go to privacy settings no apps are shown in any of this sections. How can I solve this?

Hi Diavonex,
thank you for the quick answer. If that would work, it would have been easy. It is as well what the error message in Skype says. The issue there is, if I go to Settings, Privacy, Microphone then there is no app at all that I could select.
Trying to set anything inside skype does not provide anything for microphone either.
So from this side, it really looks like the iPad is kind of believing to have no microphone.
That was also the reason why I tried to reset and reinstall it. None of the apps that might make use of the microphone recognize it / they all claim I have to enable it, but I can not as there is no setting & app listed inside Privacy, Microphone to do so.
Regards.

I tried to add my Planner Plus to my calendar and it gave me a message that says "This app does not have access to your calendars." You can enable access in Privacy Settings. But when I go to Privacy Seettings, there are no apps listed under Calendar.

I am trying to access my calender in the app Planner Plus and I get the message. "This app does not have access to your calendars." You can enable access in Privacy Settings. But when I go to Privacy Settings, there are no apps listed under Calendar. Anyone?

Oh my gosh. This worked perfectly!!!
After allowing the changes, I just had to open the apps again (such as Instagram), then the pop-up asking to allow access to Photos appeared!
And I thought I was going to get rid of my iPhone 4 already because of the issue.

Privacy/Security Issue with Adobe Flash 10

Not sure if anyone has noticed this or not, but there is a
bizarre (if minor) privacy/security issue with Adobe Flash Player
10. I came across it while attempting to upload a file to Flickr.
Previous versions of AFP do not exhibit this problem.
Specifics: using Firefox 3.x, Vista.
The problem: When Flickr calls the "open file" dialogue in
Flash 10 (in order to upload files) via the "Upload Photos and
Videos" link, at the bottom of the dialogue, to the right of the
"File Name" box, sits a common UI element that brings up a dropdown
menu of what appear to be (or at least are supposed to be) recently
viewed or downloaded or accessed files. Actually I'm not sure how
Flash 10 compiles or accesses this list of files, but at any rate,
a list of files come up.
The problem is that, as far as I can tell, the list of files
that come up reference a long list of files, some that are very old
and that no longer exist, and that there is no way that I can find
to clear the list. This is a minor security/privacy issue, as
generally there should be a way to prevent a dialogue from
displaying a long list of past-accessed files by clearing a cache
somewhere or other -- imagine if it was impossible to clear the
history of a web browser, for example -- this would be considered a
pretty significant privacy issue. I have tried everything from
flushing the browser cache to uninstalling and reinstalling the
browser to uninstalling and reinstalling Adobe Flash to using the
Flash Settings Manager to clear out the Flash saved sites to
turning off Vista indexing to clearing out Vista's Recent Items
list. None of these actions did anything to clear out this list of
files. I can find no references to these files anywhere when I use
Vista Search (with unindexed and system files searched as well),
and I can find no reference to the files anywhere in the registry
(I checked just in case Flash 10 was storing this index in some
really bizarre place.) I've linked to a screenshot below of what
I'm talking about -- most of the files listed below were deleted a
long, long time ago, and so I have no idea why this dialogue refers
to them.
Screenshot
Is there a simple work-around for this that I'm unaware of?
Even if there is, there needs to be some more obvious way to clear
out this list. Where is this information being stored, and what
criteria does this list use to "put a file on the list"?

Thanks for putting me on the right scent. That's what I'd
originally thought, too -- it's just that the file-> open dialog
was giving an entirely different list of files with other
applications, so I assumed that it must be Flash that was the
culprit. Turns out the reason it was different with Flickr was
because it was restricting the file results via a long string of
video and picture filetypes that are compatible with the Flickr
service.
It turns out the information I'm looking for is buried deep
within the registry. The only way to clear out this list of files
is to delete the following key (or specific subkeys):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSavePidl MRU
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the registry if security is your concern. Vista beguiles me
sometimes.

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