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Subject: 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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