Millions of Americans are now sharing photos and personal stuff through social media, old embarassing pics from class reunions or high school have a way of coming back to haunt you through Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and personal blogs.
Despite all that sharing there are some things that should never be shared with anyone both cyber and or friends. It even seems that Facebook postings can get your insurance cancelled due to some confession or photo sharing.
Top 9 Security Prevention What Not To Tell on Social Media
1.) Your Birth Date and Place Of Birth
I personally don’t put down my birthday anywhere, don’t care if I get Happy Birthdays or not. All Identity thieves need is that date and place of birth to get your Social Security number. Once that is gone, forget it, you are in Identity Theft Hell.
2.) You Are Out of Town.
Never let it me known you are gone, you are a single person living alone, or your house is empty. Why would you advertise for thieves to come to your house? Post your pics and vacation travel after you return. [See Burglars Picked Houses Based on Facebook Updates]
3.) Where You Live.
Duh! Users of Social Media sites were at greater risk of physical and identity theft because of the information they were sharing. Some 40% listed their home address on the sites; 65% didn’t even attempt to block out strangers with privacy settings. And 60% said they weren’t confident that their “friends” were really just people they know.
4.) No True Confessions
Today, when people want to know about you, they google your name, go to Facebook, MySpace to find out all about you, not just to hire but to fire you as well. See 8% of People Fired It also counts for your insurers as well, who are utilizing social media more and more to track their insurers.
5.) Password Clues
This is tough, i don’t know about you with so many passwords and so many sites how do you keep track?!!! Keep your password clue not the same as your other clues.
6.) Have a Weak Password.
Mix upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols. A password should have at least eight characters. One good technique is to insert numbers or symbols in the middle of a word, such as this variant on the word “houses”: hO27usEs!
7.) Post Your Childs Name Anywhere
If someone else does, delete it by clicking on Remove Tag. If your child isn’t on Facebook and someone includes his or her name in a caption, ask that person to remove the name.
8.) Permitting youngsters to use Facebook unsupervised
Facebook limits its members to ages 13 and over, but children younger than that do use it. If you have a young child or teenager on Facebook, the best way to provide oversight is to become one of their online friends. Use your e-mail address as the contact for their account so that you receive their notifications and monitor their activities. “What they think is nothing can actually be pretty serious,” says Charles Pavelites, a supervisory special agent at the Internet Crime Complaint Center. For example, a child who posts the comment “Mom will be home soon, I need to do the dishes” every day at the same time is revealing too much about the parents’ regular comings and goings.
9.) Overlooking useful privacy controls
For almost everything in your Facebook profile, you can limit access to only your friends, friends of friends, or yourself. Restrict access to photos, birth date, religious views, and family information, among other things. You can give only certain people or groups access to items such as photos, or block particular people from seeing them. Consider leaving out contact info, such as phone number and address, since you probably don’t want anyone to have access to that information anyway.
From the Personal Side; What Not To Do
Resources:
- Facebook- User Safety Page
- Facebook Safety Tips
- [See 7 Things to Stop Doing Now on Facebook]
- 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
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