Saturday 22 March 2014

Some Safe Social Networking Tips

By Alex D White


There has been an increase in the number of individuals making use of different social media websites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and Instagram. However, with the increase in the popularity of these websites, there has also been an increase in online criminals. Some of these criminals include hackers, identity thieves, virus writers and spammers. Therefore, to ensure that unauthorized individuals cannot access your account, it is advisable to be aware of some safe social networking skills.

You should ensure that you choose the social network you would want to join carefully. You can join many different social network sites depending on what you want. Before joining the network, it is crucial for you to evaluate the site and find out if you the website monitors the content that members post. It would also be critical to find out if the website protects personal information of members or people can be able to access this information easily. Take your time evaluating the different sites until you find a suitable one.

It is important that you know the kind of information that you have published about yourself. It is very simple for hackers to either access financial accounts or any other accounts and just click on the "forgot password" link in your account. They might then enter your social networking account and answer the security question in line with the information you have provided in your account. Therefore, you should develop your personal security questions and take caution when providing information about yourself as many people will view this information.

You should also be very careful before clicking links that may be in messages you receive from friends. Some of these links may be a way of spreading different viruses. Therefore, never click a link just because it is in a message that a friend may have sent.

It is also important for one to be careful when installing extras on their site. Several social media websites allow third party applications that can enable you to do more with your personal page. In some cases, criminals may use these applications to steal some of your personal information. It is always important to ensure that you exercise some safety precautions when using any other program that you are downloading from the web.

You should not simply accept anybody as your friend on the different social networking websites. Some people may create fake profiles to be able to access different accounts. Therefore, make sure that you know an individual very well before you accept them as your friend on social media.

Email marketing works by a company sending marketing information to different emails. Some companies may scan your e-mail address book in order to send information to these emails. You should make use of different approaches to ensure that people cannot access your email-address book.

It is critical that you do not just trust a message by its face value. In some cases, the message may not actually come from the person from whom it may be indicated it that it is coming from. Hackers can very easily break into different accounts and send messages that may appear as though they are from your friends, but in actual sense, they are not. Embracing some of these social networking tips will enable you to enjoy your time using different social network sites.




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