7 Things to Stop Doing Now on Facebook
by Consumer Reports Magazine
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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Using a Weak Password
Avoid
simple names or words you can find in a dictionary, even with numbers
tacked on the end. Instead, mix upper- and lower-case letters, numbers,
and symbols. A password should have at least eight characters. One good
technique is to insert numbers or symbols in the middle of a word, such
as this variant on the word "houses": hO27usEs!
Leaving Your Full Birth Date in Your ProfileIt's
an ideal target for identity thieves, who could use it to obtain more
information about you and potentially gain access to your bank or
credit card account. If you've already entered a birth date, go to your
profile page and click on the Info tab, then on Edit Information. Under
the Basic Information section, choose to show only the month and day or
no birthday at all.
Overlooking Useful Privacy Controls
For
almost everything in your Facebook profile, you can limit access to
only your friends, friends of friends, or yourself. Restrict access to
photos, birth date, religious views, and family information, among
other things. You can give only certain people or groups access to
items such as photos, or block particular people from seeing them.
Consider leaving out contact info, such as phone number and address,
since you probably don't want anyone to have access to that information
anyway.
Posting Your Child's Name in a Caption
Don't
use a child's name in photo tags or captions. If someone else does,
delete it by clicking on Remove Tag. If your child isn't on Facebook
and someone includes his or her name in a caption, ask that person to
remove the name.
Mentioning That You'll Be Away From Home
That's
like putting a "no one's home" sign on your door. Wait until you get
home to tell everyone how awesome your vacation was and be vague about
the date of any trip.
Letting Search Engines Find You
To
help prevent strangers from accessing your page, go to the Search
section of Facebook's privacy controls and select Only Friends for
Facebook search results. Be sure the box for public search results
isn't checked.
Permitting Youngsters to Use Facebook Unsupervised
Facebook
limits its members to ages 13 and over, but children younger than that
do use it. If you have a young child or teenager on Facebook, the best
way to provide oversight is to become one of their online friends. Use
your e-mail address as the contact for their account so that you
receive their notifications and monitor their activities. "What they
think is nothing can actually be pretty serious," says Charles
Pavelites, a supervisory special agent at the Internet Crime Complaint
Center. For example, a child who posts the comment "Mom will be home
soon, I need to do the dishes" every day at the same time is revealing
too much about the parents' regular comings and goings.
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