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Monday, November 10, 2008 6:06 PM

[AI] Read these tips to protect yourself from social networks.

 

 

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> Dear friends,

>

> This tips may help someone!

>

> Read these tips to protect yourself when you use social

> networks.

>

> 1. Use caution when you click links that you receive in messages from your

> friends on your social Web site. Treat links in messages on these sites as

> you would links in e-mail messages. (For more information, see Approach

> links in e-mail with caution.)

> 2. Don't trust that a message is really from who it says it's from.

> Hackers can break into accounts and send messages that look like they're

> from your friends, but aren't. If you suspect that a message is

> fraudulent, use an alternate method to contact your friend to find out.

> This includes invitations to join new social networks.

> 3. To avoid giving away e-mail addresses of your friends, do not allow

> social networking services to scan your e-mail address book. When you join

> a new social network, you might receive an offer to enter your e-mail

> address and password to find out who else is on the network. The site

> might use this information to send e-mail messages to everyone in your

> contact list or even everyone you've ever sent an e-mail message to with

> that e-mail address. Social networking sites should explain that they're

> going to do this, but some do not.

> 4. Type the address of your social networking site directly into your

> browser or use your personal bookmarks. If you click a link to your site

> through e-mail or another Web site, you might be entering your account

> name and password into a fake site where your personal information could

> be stolen.

> 5. Be selective about who you accept as a friend on a social network.

> Identity thieves might create fake profiles in order to get information

> from you. This is known as social engineering.

> 6. Choose your social network carefully. Evaluate the site that you plan

> to use and make sure you understand the privacy policy. Find out if the

> site monitors content that people post. You will be providing personal

> information to this Web site, so use the same criteria that you would to

> select a site where you enter your credit card.

> 7. Assume what you write on a social networking site is permanent. Even if

> you can delete your account, anyone on the Internet can easily print the

> information or save it to a computer.

> 8. Be careful about installing extras on your site. Many social

> networking sites allow you to download third-party applications that let

> you do more with your personal page. Criminals sometimes use these

> applications in order to steal your personal information. To download and

> use third-party applications safely, take the same safety precautions that

> you take with any other program or file you download from the Web. For

> more information, see Before you download files, help protect your

> computer.

> 9. Think twice before you use social networking sites at work. For more

> information, see Be careful with social networking sites, especially at

> work.

> 10. Talk to your kids about social networking. If you're a parent of

> children who use social networking sites, see How to help your kids use

> social Web sites more safely.

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