How to Protect Yourself in the Social Media

How to Protect Yourself in the Social Media World: 

How to Protect Yourself in the Social Media World Created by James McKie

Limit Your Information: 

Limit Your Information Limit your information to the public This option will allow you to choose who can see your personal information

Who Can See Your Posts?: 

Who Can See Your Posts? This option will allow you to change who can see what you are posting on your profile

Do You Want to be Tagged?: 

Do You Want to be Tagged? Do you want a tagged picture or post automatically posted on your wall? This option will allow you to review a tag before it is posted to your wall

Who Can See Your Tags?: 

Who Can See Your Tags? Do you want everyone else's friends to see pictures or posts that you were posted in? This option will allow you to change who can see what you have been posted in

Email and Physical Address: 

Email and Physical Address Do not broadcast your email or Physical address To play it safe, only broadcast it yourself “Only Me”

Blocking Users: 

Blocking Users Is there someone stocking or harassing you? This option will allow you to block users of your choosing

Use Secure Browsing: 

Use Secure Browsing Use secure browsing to encrypt your data online This will encrypt your data that is being sent back and forth between you and Facebook

Security Questions?: 

Security Questions? Be aware of your security questions Don’t pick a question that may be given away on your profile page. Your home town may be the same as your moms.

Logged on Somewhere Else?: 

Logged on Somewhere Else? This options allows you to end your session on a different computer This is helpful if you forgot to sign off on a public or a friends computer Check this from time to time to assure you or another person is not logged into your account somewhere else If it is, you can end the session remotely from here

Did You Login There?: 

Did You Login There? This option will have Facebook notify you if your account has been accessed from a computer or device that you have never used before This is a good option because you will know if someone is trying to access your account without your permission

What are you Tweeting?: 

What are you Tweeting? Be aware of what you are Tweeting Tweets are made public so anything you Tweet can be seen by anyone

Who Are You Tweeting?: 

Who Are You Tweeting? This option will allow you to select who you want to see what you have Tweeted.

Location: 

Location Do not add a location to your Tweets This option may not only allow your friends to track your location, it may allow criminals as well

Do You Want To Be Public?: 

Do You Want To Be Public? Do you want your account to be found on Google?

Job Searching: 

Job Searching Do not apply for a job over LinkedIn LinkedIn does not monitor its users so it could be a criminal attempting to phish for your information Go to the actual company or do some research on it first