Today Social Networking Sites made most of the internet users easier to connect with their friends, connect to the new friends and share their views, knowledge, photos, videos and many more to their friends. With increasing the uses of those sites, also increasing the risk and crimes related to that. They are also increasingly popular place for cyber crimes to trick people into divulging information or downloading software into their computers for any one purpose. While using those sites, you should know about how to use them securely and also needs to teach other younger persons and your children's. I have listed here top 10 tips for how to use those social networking sites securely.
1. While registering on the Social Networking Sites, it will be better to use your nick name for the user name which publicly displays, instead of your real name.
2. It is better to set your profile private, which makes your profile visible only to your friends.
3. It is be best if not to share your address, phone number or other personal information online. Do not share your actual location or do not share where you plan to go.
4. Post only after thinking twice about what you are going to post. Once you have post on public, you cannot control that from being visiting that.
5. Be careful while meeting new people for friendship, some people may want to get something from you. They may use your collected information for threatening.
6. Think carefully about how to respond others. If someone say or does something that makes you uncomfortable, block them, don't respond and report them to the administrator.
7. Keep your antivirus software up to date to protect your computer from cyber criminals and to protect from virus infection.
8. Go to online regularly to check what people are sharing to you. If they are posting offensive content, delete them immediately, block them and report them to the administrator.
9. Make sure that your password is long, complex and combines, letters, numbers, and symbols. You should use a different password for every online account you have.
10. Be aware about messages you receive on social networking sites that contain links. Even links that look they come from friends can sometimes contain malware or attempts to collect personal information by log on user and password. If you are suspicious, don't click contact your friend or the business to verify the validity.
By implementing the tips which are given above, you may be more secure from cyber criminal activities or you can protect your computer from being affected by the different types of viruses. If you have any comment about these tips and if you know any others tips, you can post that on comment session.
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