By Hindustan Times
This is the age of social media, and that i know all of us love our Facebook, Twitter and MySpace page etc, since it’s a good way to communicate, stay involved with people, make new friends, work contacts or even organise events and meetings. It has most certainly made the arena much smaller,
I mean 1 in 8 people within the US got married once they met on social media. But for each pro there's a con. All that accessibility may be a large breeding ground for stalkers, sexual predators and scammers. Even if the professionals completely outweigh the cons of social media I ASSUMED it'd be nice to offer some cautionary advice.
Let’s go step-by-step. Have you ever cared to test the privacy settings for your account — who can see your updates, pictures and posts? The following time you will have your page open, invest a while to appear up these settings. Believe me, it pays when you allow controlled viewing, you might imagine random people you is quite harmless, but no, it’s not. Bring to mind it this fashion — would you let just anyone into your room? Isn’t your Facebook page like your virtual room — where you live, roam, talk and breathe 24X7? The most important con of social media is identity theft and with an excessive amount of information it gets easy for somebody to masquerade as you, and to destroy your reputation financially and socially.
Then, don’t give out unnecessary details — why if you happen to tell people about your neighbourhood or address or phone number? People who should understand it, know it anyway, and if you wish to hook up with an old friend, there’s always private messaging to interchange numbers. Also, watch out in regards to the real friends among your ‘friends’. Don’t just go ahead and ensure requests from someone who's a pal of a pal of a chum — have you learnt him? How well? And do you're feeling like knowing more about him? If not, pass it. It’s alright. Your parents were right about not chatting with strangers, there were too many sad cases of young boys and girls getting hurt and conned by predators!
And then, of course, the 2 basics we all should always remember — change your passwords regularly, keep them long and strong, and report anything that may be even remotely shady, and block anyone who's providing you with even the slightest grief or trouble. Nothing is worth your peace of mind and safety.
Lastly, don’t fall for shady links; scammers are known for tricking people on social media into downloading malicious software (malware). A STANDARD tactic is social engineering, as an example they are going to send you a link saying it’s a funny video, and when you open the video it's going to say you have to download software that plays the video. This link could actually be a virulent disease or a Worm program that may corrupt your computer.
Social media is actually awesome and prefer I said before the professionals completely outweigh the cons, and with a couple of good habits while surfing and socialising you'll be able to enjoy it without coming into trouble! Send me some more methods to be safe in place of sorry on social media! Take care guys!
