Protecting Your Information On Facebook
Joe M posted in security on April 4th, 2010
In the past few months, we have begun to realize the downside of social media.
Sharing information is a great and wonderful thing…
But many people ignore the most important aspect.
That aspect is, you are sharing information!
That in itself is not necessarily a bad thing…
But the audience composition can not be ignored.
It’s been revealed that many government agencies, local and national level scan Facebook.
Potential employers scan Facebook and MySpace for prospective candidates, to get a picture of their personality, and profile.
The downside to that is… the more information you reveal, the more chances you have to reveal something subjectively undesirable, from an employer’s standpoint.
I would doubt that the list of entities using the social media data is limited to those.
So… it might be pretty easy to get an idea of your habits, from a subjective standpoint.
The other thing that everyone potentially could forget…
There are also undesirable types searching social media for information.
They might use it to steal your identity, stalk you or burglarize your home.
What can you do?
PCWorld has a great article on steps you may take to help protect your privacy.