Facebook has rolled out a new feature and it may prove to be a privacy nightmare for many. This latest update is opening up of all the Facebook public posts to its search functionality. This means over 2 trillion posts are now available through search.

What does it mean for you? It means all the posts that you shared with ‘Friends of friends’ or ‘Public’ can now be searched by anyone, whether he is your friend or not. Yes, we know that sounds a bit worrisome.

With the new search feature all your awkward confessions and weird melodramatic status updates are literally out in the open. Anyone who has been stalking you or wants to make your life miserable can bring the past to haunt you. Or your prospective employers can go on Facebook and do a search in a bid to peek into your weekend life. So what can you do? Worry not, there is a way out of this trap set by Facebook. Here is what you should do:
— Go to ‘Settings’ from arrow button at the top right corner of the screen

— Select ‘Privacy’ from the panel on the left

— Under the ‘Who can see my stuff?’ section, select ‘Limit the audience for posts I’ve shared with friends of friends or Public?’