Secure Solutions
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Think about who you add. By adding someone as a friend you give them access to your information, including photos and such.
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Check your settings. Facebook recently changed the default privacy setting. You can choose the level of access your friends can have.
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Why are you on Facebook? You can alter the amount of information shown on your profile. Be aware of the applications you’ve signed up for (applications can take a lot of your data). As your needs change, so should your profile.
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Be smart about your password. Try not to use the same password for all of your accounts. Be careful of the types of security questions you set.
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Be aware of where you sign in from. Be careful that the computer you use doesn’t store your email address and password.
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Be careful of what you say. For your status updates it is best not to announce that you’ll be home alone all evening or away for a week.
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Watch out for Phishing Attacks. This last year there has been a record number of attempts to get users to divulge their login and passwords using fake emails from Facebook. Never use email links to login to Facebook. If there is a problem, Facebook will notify you on the site.
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Take immediate action. If your friends start receiving spam from you or status updates appear that you didn’t make, this means your account may have been compromised. Immediately change your password. If you’re not able to log in, click on Security to notify Facebook of the issue.
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Protect your mobile device. When you are not using an app, log out of it.
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Monitor suspicious activity. Watch for suspicious activity on your Wall, News Feed and Inbox. Never, ever click on suspicious links.
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As recommended by AVG,
use the following steps to improve your personal security.
Social Networking Sites (SNS) are Internet-based applications that allow for user-generated content to be published and accessed by a potentially global audience.
Smartphones enable a constantly increased number of users to access SNSs. As the number of users increase, the SNS becomes more vulnerable to being compromised.
Facebook photos have been used to perpetuate scams. Marketing companies use community structure data. Identity thieves are able to perform identity theft more easily. Students and employees get into trouble from posted information found through deanonymization techniques. GPS maps have been used to pick victims.
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