Social Networking Sites Are Among The Most Popular Websites Nowadays
Saturday, September 4th, 2010Everywhere you turn, you can see evidence of the impact social networking sites have on today’s society. Billboards advertise products using their Facebook pages, celebrities share stories with their fans over Twitter, and musicians find their own limelight on MySpace. Interacting with people on the Internet has become the next big thing in socializing.
However, one must take the proper security measures to ensure their interactions online are safe and their identities are not stolen.
You have to have a good password. More than that, you have to have a super password, one that shuts down all intruders and never crack under pressure. To create this super thing, just make it complicated. But not so complicated that you can’t get past it neither! Your password should not be stronger than you.
Passwords should be changed semi-frequently; it keeps the hackers guessing. Just when they think they’ve figured it out, you switch it on them!
Also, don’t list your full birth date on your profile. Sure, you want to keep that hot doctor you just met guessing, but the more practical reason is that identity theft can occur much more easily if the thief knows when you were born. Hide it, and wait for people to ask (if they have the guts).
Privacy controls are your best friends. Don’t be afraid to use them. You can grip the reigns tighter than a jockey in the last lap; even specific people or groups of people can be restricted from your page. Use your powers for good.
Pictures should be kept largely private as well. Especially the ones of your straight-laced Mormon friend vomiting in your toilet. You don’t want his mom to see what her little boy has been up to!
You also need to worry about keeping your kids safe too. Tagging them in your photos links your page (and whatever pedophiles may have found it) to theirs. Sure, you may be only worried about your finances and identity. But the kids have more to worry about nowadays.
Many dangerous things can happen because of the Internet. But it is easy to protect yourself and take precautions. Go have fun on Facebook now.
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