{"id":2708,"date":"2010-03-10T19:26:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T19:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/social-networking\/"},"modified":"2010-03-10T19:26:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T19:26:41","slug":"social-networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/social-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Networking\u2014Keep Safe by Keeping Cautious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social networking sites are addictively fun. Most of us are comfortable using at least one, if not a few, to keep in touch with friends both near and far, to update followers on our daily happenings, and to generally pass the time with new photos, statuses, and posts from others enjoying the web. Yet, with this wealth of information about our \u201cfriends\u201d\u2014many people with access to our  accounts are not actual real life acquaintances but friends of friends or legitimate strangers, privacy issues and security concerns are highly relevant. Be sure to be to cautious in how much and what types of information you share on sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, and the infinite variety of others. Here are some tips for staying safe while staying social:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remember the web is public! Anyone and everyone has access to the information you post to online sources\u2014even if you delete it. Once it is posted, the information cannot be taken back\u2014others can save and send the information as they wish. Always think twice before adding anything new to your profiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not include sensitive personal information like addresses, birthdates, job descriptions, schedules or routines. You wouldn\u2019t openly share this information with a stranger on the street, so why would you with someone on the web?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the site\u2019s privacy settings to customize your page\u2019s viewing access. Only allow people that you actually know and are comfortable with to see your page\u2014you must set these settings yourself, the default for social networking sites is \u201cpublic.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Passwords should be strong and vary for accounts. Change them frequently so that your account and information cannot be hacked or used maliciously.<\/li>\n<li>Be careful about answering questionnaires\u2014while fun to fill out and send to friends, they also reveal information that many times is related to password and account creation for other sites. For example, many of the \u201cGet to Known Me\u201d questionnaires feature questions like: \u201cWhat was your first pet\u2019s name? Where did you go to high school?\u201d and similar questions. Do these questions sound strikingly similar to the secret questions used to protect your online bank account, PayPal account, or other sensitive information? Very likely\u2014and by answering that innocent questionnaire the savvy criminal just gained access to your most private accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Status and Photo Updates are some of our favorite features of social networking sites, but don\u2019t reveal too much! Telling people you are on vacation next week may be exciting and hard not to share, yet by doing so you have also left your house susceptible to break-in. You told the entire online public that your home will be empty for an entire week\u2014perfect temptation for a thief. The same goes for posting pictures of your vacation <em>while<\/em> you\u2019re still on vacation\u2014now the thief has definite proof that you will not be home for the break-in!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, we all know you are probably on a social networking site while simultaneously reading this blog\u2014which is totally acceptable. Stay social, but stay smart. Why not tweet or post a link in on your Facebook page to this page so that your friends can do the same!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social networking sites are addictively fun. Most of us are comfortable using at least one, if not a few, to keep in touch with friends both near and far, to update followers on our daily happenings, and to generally pass the time with new photos, statuses, and posts from others enjoying the web. Yet, with this wealth of information about our \u201cfriends\u201d\u2014many people with access to our  accounts are not actual real life acquaintances but friends of friends or legitimate strangers, privacy issues and security concerns are highly relevant. Be sure to be to cautious in how much and what types of information you share on sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, and the infinite variety of others. Here are some tips for staying safe while staying social:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[70,106],"tags":[254,256,258],"class_list":["post-2708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-safety","category-online-safety","tag-facebook-safety","tag-keep-kids-safe-on-facebook","tag-social-networking-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alarmguardsecurity.ca\/version26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}