The growth of social networking today has been so vast. There already so many social networking sites from bloggers to dating sites. People all over the world are connecting through these sites and each of them has different intentions, purpose and objective. Most common reason why people join these networking sites is for connection with current and long lost friends and personal acquaintances, some would do that for promotions and as a means of group functions for certain organizations, and some maybe without the benefit of the doubt just create “bogus account”, the term they use for fake accounts used to stalk on people. Here are some tips to keep your account safe from bogus/fake and offensive users.
Do not add unknown users
There will be some identities that will add you up in your social networking site. The thing is, if you don’t know those identities; even if they are a friend of your friends, still, DO NOT accept their requests. There are already users who have been a victim of stolen pictures, malicious comments and posts on their walls. Accept only those who are known to you.
Even on your yahoo messenger, Skype or any other online communication accounts, do not
automatically add people who will try to befriend you. Some of these people have malicious intents and might try to lure you like giving you money and will lead to online pornography.
On social networking dating sites, make sure you don’t give too personal information right away, especially your bank accounts, you r specific locations or any information that might give your mutual contact access to your personal life. Know your contact first very carefully before giving on a meeting.
Keep Personal Things Personal
Be keen about your posts, your photos and disclosed information that you put online. Remember that these things can be seen by people around the world and it maybe deleted online but it can somehow be used and saved in someone else’s computer and you don’t want your identity to be stolen from you.
There are a lot of precautions you need to know online but the bottom line is keep your personal information safe.