Social Media Security Tips By Suad Hassan
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Social Media Security TipsBy
Suad Hassan
TIP NUMBER 1: STAY AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN FROM SOIAL
NETWORKS
NO? OKAY, AT LEAST LET ME HELP YOU BE SAFE WHILE YOU ARE
ONLINE.
AS WELL AS OFFLINE.
-BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS ONLINE DOESN’T ALWAYS
STAY ONLINE.
“In order to become social, we must give up some of our private time and space, so as to share it with others.”
Opening up and sharing information with “friends” doesn’t mean full disclosure.
You want to protect yourself from identity theft as well as physical harm
The basic information that shouldn’t be circling the web:
Social security number
Your birthday
Your home address
BUTThere are other kinds of information that you may think cant do any harm but
could get someone access to that information.
SECURE YOUR PRIVACY
Get very acquainted with your private settings.
FROM THE BEGINNING
You can’t trust default private setting on social networking sites to protect you
Today on Facebook the default privacy setting shares with everyone your:
Name
Wall posts
Birthday
Friends
Extended Profile Data
Photos
Gender
Contact Info
Networks
Likes
A helpful way of finding out what information is available to the general public is to search your name on Google.
“When we engage in communication there is an expectation of privacy--we assume the information will not go beyond the person with whom we’re talking.”
Along with safety, essentially nothing is private on the Internet
Do not get comfortable on the Internet
Once you post something it is out there forever
AND
Could come back to
haunt you.
Being cautious about what you post does not give you the control of what
other people can do with it.
What’s not hurtful or embarrassing can be made to be hurtful or embarrassing:
People can alter or cut your posts.
Always think ahead:The information you post online can alter the decisions of future employers and college admission staff
Avoid Micro-blogging
The social network small information snowball effect:
You might think that little random information you post online can’t hurt you.
This is wrong: Someone who pays close attention could create a big picture collecting and putting together the little information you post.
You wouldn’t let strangers in your town know when and how long you will be out of town, leaving your house to possibly be burglarized
The same rule applies for social networks
Think twice, or maybe more when answering the question: What are you doing right now?
AT THE END THE BEST TIP I
COULD GIVE YOU IS…
You don’t have to share everything.There was once a world where people took pictures and didn’t post them … Had conversations and didn’t share them …
Go outside. Enjoy life.
Works Cited
• http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3075/2581
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• http://www.mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/
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• https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/social-networking-tips