Are you a Pinterest addict? Can’t stop sharing your upcoming travel plans with TripAdvisor? Love listening to Spotify and bragging about your impeccable musical taste with the world? Or are you one of those Foodie types who loves snapping shots of everything they eat and everywhere they go with Foodspotting? Last week, Facebook announced the integration of 60 new apps into Timeline, allowing users of these popular apps (and more) to share everything they’re doing, eating, listening to, and where they’re going with their friends and family on Facebook.

But is sharing all of this information really a good thing? Facebook users who use these apps and opt-in to sharing this information on Facebook are streaming data about not only their personal interests and whereabouts. Apps like Foodily allow your friends and family to know when you’re home cooking, and apps like Ticketmaster and TripAdvisor will let your friends on Facebook know when you won’t be home. The dangers of letting your social networks know your geographic location have been well-espoused in the context of apps like Foursquare, and the advice that has followed has been to avoid using apps to demonstrate a routine that those with ill intentions can use to identify where you will be in the future. With these apps, you’re telling your social graph that you will definitely not be home at some point in the near future, and instead be specifically elsewhere.

For stalkers, this kind of data is a dream come true. However, before you leave a comment saying your friends on Facebook would never stalk you, you may not be sure that your friends on Facebook are even your friends — or that they may not provide this information to a third party on demand. Recent studies have demonstrated how easy it is for people to use fake Facebook pictures and information to generate a friend request and approval from users whom they don’t actually know in real life. If you’ve ever received a friend request from someone you don’t know (and actually approved it), these Facebook users could be using your Facebook posts to source data to gather personal information, including your whereabouts, to eventually cause harm. With the latest batch of Facebook apps that you can add into your Timeline about where you’ll be (or not be) — and when — is a goldmine for these undercover users looking to harm you or your personal property.

We’ve also discussed how some of these “undercover” users are now more often a future employer or potential educational institution using similar methods to become your Facebook friends and learn more about your characteristics before offering employment or admission to college or graduate school. In a recent survey by Reppler, over 91 percent of respondents said their company has used social media to screen applicants. Additionally, 69 percent of those polled say they have actually rejected a candidate because of something they saw on these social networks. According to the respondents, inappropriate comments, photos, and updates were among the reasons an employer rejected a candidate. However, 8 percent of those who responded said they actually hired a candidate because of content found on the applicant’s social network, indicating that updates demonstrating positive personality or creativity could sway the opinion of the candidate.

Similarly, educational institutions are using Facebook to screen applications for college and law school. According to a recent study by Kaplan, 37 percent of admissions officers at the top law schools across the United States have examined the Facebook pages or other social media pages of applicants. Additionally, over 82 percent of admissions officers reported that their school is using Facebook to recruit students, meaning they’re likely using Facebook as part of the decision process — though it is unknown to what extent.

For both prospective employees and students, this means the amount of information you share on Facebook — especially with these new apps featured on your Timeline — could either help or hurt you. Should you choose to use apps like Pinterest and Foodspotting to share a unique sense of style and creativity, a potential employer or college will undoubtedly be impressed with your cultural awareness and expansive personality. However, should the only information shared on your profile be aggressive songs via Spotify or inappropriate places you constantly visit via Foursquare, a potential employer may not be as equally impressed.

Are we walking a fine line of sharing too much information (TMI) that can either and only help or hurt us in our future? Is opting into these apps really a good idea? If you choose to use these apps in tandem with Facebook, you should be cautious whom you accept as a friend, and be sure that your privacy settings are as strict as possible, never sharing any updates with the “public” — especially if you’re in search of a new job or applying to college or graduate school. If you ever choose to delete an app in the future, you can do so by visiting your Facebook privacy settings, clicking on Edit Settings under the Apps and Websites section, and then clicking Remove Unwanted or Spammy Apps under Apps You Use.

Using any of these apps is generally harmless in nature, and can be great for documenting a favorite DIY project or cuisine. However, when condensed into one social network that streamlines all this data, can this TMI only come back to someday haunt you?

If you’re using these new apps available for Facebook’s Timeline, let us know what you think. Are your worried about your privacy? Sound off in the comments.