Following our publication of the misleading messages we often see at Facebook and regarding data protection and "additional" privacy settings, by posting downloads written by would-be legal scammers, we will dedicate this article to those who wish to protect themselves and their family.
The real joke in this case is that while there are some who publish in tons of personal details of their lives and various other personal data they believe that if they post a legitimate text they will be able to bypass the Social Terms of Service of the social network. So once we have clear from the beginning that the information you are uploading and sharing on Facebook belong to the Facebook let's see what the problem really is.
The biggest problem lies in your safety. All this information can be used very easily by someone who wants to do you harm. What can you learn just by looking at someone's photos? But let's look at them one by one. Here's a list of 5 things you should avoid posting on social media, and in general online.
We have already mentioned in a previous article 5 things you should never post on Facebook. We added other 5 and listed below:
1. Never Never Your Full Date of Birth (yours or a member of your family)
Everybody likes birthday greetings from our friends to Facebook. It will make us feel good knowing that some of us thought and devoted a few seconds to dedicate us a wish. The problem is that along with those who love you and think you are offering malicious users the full date of your birth. Are they familiar with who can use it? It will be much better not to give the date, but if you do, at least do not show birth time. Your real friends know this information anyway.
2. Relationship Status
You have a relationship or not, that's not the case Facebok. Along with your friends, cheaters are also watching. If someone knows that you live alone, and sees you out somewhere, they know that home you are unguarded.
3. Your current location
There are many who are using too much location tagging in Facebok. This feature lets others know where we are. Let's say you are on vacation and not at home. If thieves know the place, they know exactly how much time they have to steal from you. You can upload the photos from where you are when you get home or send a personal one message to your friends to make them jealous.
4. The fact that you are Home Alone
It is extremely important that the parents their children, that they should never post that they are home alone. The reasons are understandable and not at all pleasant.
5. Do not upload photos of your children tagged with their names
You love your children. Do everything to keep them safe, but upload hundreds of tagged photos and videos with their Facebook children without a second thought.
Probably 9 by 10 parents have published their child's name, exact date and time of birth when they were in the hospital right away There are monsters who can use your child's name, your relatives and friends names to build a relationship of trust with the child and to convince her that they are not strangers.
Think before you give information on the web, the information is not lost and we do not live in an angel society!
6. The actual number of your phone
You may want to make it easy for your friends to contact you but your phone number may fall into the wrong hands. So they will be able to accurately determine your location with some reverse phone lookup service available on the Internet.
You can easily communicate with your friends through Google Voice (with a firewall) and / or Skype.
7. Images with geotagging labels
There is no better road map for your current location than an image with geographic coordinates. Your phone records your location and passes through your captured photos without even knowing it. Turn off the geotags feature directly on your phone.
8. Your Holiday Plans
"Hello, I will be on vacation from December 20th, please come and steal me." No one needs to know you'll be away on vacation. Don't announce it and disable Facebook Places Location Tracking.
9. Disturbing things you would not want to share with your employer or your family
Before posting anything online, think about whether you would like your boss or family to see it. If the thought makes you shudder then do not post it. Even if you publish something and delete it, it does not mean that someone will not be able to get a screenshot and use it later.
10. Information about your work or projects of your work
Talking about the project you are publicly involved in social networks is not a good idea. You give valuable information to your competitors, and maybe they can take advantage of them long before your company.