How to Protect Identity Online
Now people using internet very much and most of their time is spent on social networking websites like Facebook, Myspace, orkut and there are many other. While using these web sites users must be careful the amount of personal information they are sharing with others. Social networking websites making users life easier then ever they have and also this increases the chances of personal identity thefts. Some simple steps towards the security can help users to protect their identity over social network websites as well as on internet.
Educate children’s, not to share their family personal information with others. Ask them to add only those people on their social profile, whom they know physically or personally.
Most of the social websites now offer users to limit their privacy to other users. Don’t share all your profile as public. Use different filtering mechanism to protect your privacy online. Sharing personal photos, videos and other content is fine but don’t share them as public so that any one can see your personal information. Never put your personal mobile, fax or SSN on your profile.
Most of the times E-Mail users get emails like earn money by just doing data entry job or by searching on Google. Most of these websites ask user to fill an online form and this online form ask a lot of personal information by the user. Never ever put your personal information unless and until that websites meets the minimum security requirements.
Some emails also say that "Reclaim Your Name" that you have won a multi million contest or something else and asking you to send you personal details to get the prize money. Be careful for this type of mail and don’t give your personal information to these types of emails.
Internet dating is very dangerous for teenagers. Internet dating can easily take away all your personal information.
June 12th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Good points. I will also add that people should not give their email ids at any public forum, people just type their id and say please mail me at my id, this is highly dangerous and risky.
As far as social networking safety is concerned, my advice: Quit Orkut. Facebook is better when compared. Orkut also has a lot privacy features now everyone needs to enable them.
Photographs, people should avoid posting photographs online. Though Orkut does not have the right save image as enabled. It still is a piece of cake for anyone with little computing knowledge to get that picture on his comp and do what he wants to with it.
Next is, Common Sense. When it comes to computing a lot of people lack common sense. email ids was one example they register anywhere give mail ids, addresses, phone nos. ‘coz they control their hormones.
Free software is another such thing, people search for cracks and end up clicking things which install viruses. Be original Use original.
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