Important Facebook privacy question?

[Mr. Wolf]

Howdy. I don't know much about all this internet stuff but a few years ago some people tried to kill me and I moved away you know but I looked on my Facebook one day and the people that tried to do this had sent me a friend request. I knew they was just wanting to stir up trouble so I cancled the friend request and deactivated my Facebook account. I'm wondering if I open that Facebook account back up again if there's a way I can make it where they can't view it by searching my name in the search bar or if they still have a link to that old profile that I want to re-open. Of course I'll change my name to a different one too. Or should I just make a whole new account where I don't have to worry about it?

[Ryan]

You should permanently delete your old and reopen a new one. This is because it is relatively easy to hack someone's account with only your profile info. Doing this would allow them to log on as you and bypass any security measures you have in place. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xndvqs_...videogames

[abraXus]

not completely "invisible" no, but you can make it private and unsearchable

http://abrax.us/Facebook/TimelineGuide.php
http://abrax.us/Facebook/NotSearchable.php