Images of children, birthdays, financial information are easily exploited content, users need to limit public posting on social networks....
Images of children, birthdays, financial information are easily exploited content, users need to limit public posting on social networks.
With over 2.3 billion members, Facebook is the world's most-used social network. Usually, when you join this platform, you will provide many personal information such as name, date of birth, interests ... However, it is likely that you will be taken advantage of if providing sensitive information. .
Here are the sensitive things that should be removed immediately from Facebook, in case of future risks.
Friends do not know
Unless you are a social media, business, artist ... need attention, it is best not to make friends and agree to make friends with people you do not know. Accepting a friend with an unfamiliar person can lead to fraud and personal information being taken advantage of.
You should filter the list of friends and only make friends with acquaintances.
According to research, people are only able to maintain about 150 healthy relationships. And for Facebook social network, each account is usually only about 4 friends considered reliable.
Birthday
Publicizing your birth date on Facebook will bring you some joy when you are happy with other accounts. However, if public, especially when full day, month, year of birth can be a fat "bait" that crooks take advantage of to understand yourself and serve bad purposes.
Children photos
On Facebook, many parents show off their children. However, this is considered a dangerous act, especially when they fall into the hands of kidnappers or use images for bad purposes.
Your child's school
Care should be taken in sharing information about where your child learns or plays, because they can be found by kidnappers, pedophiles .... In the UK, a famous country for child protection, statistics of the National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse, (NSPCC), show that there are 36,429 child sexual assaults in the period of 2013-2014. Experts believe that one of the best ways for parents to limit this problem is to not publish their children's images, personal information, places ... on social networks.
Phone number
Absolutely not publicize personal phone numbers to Facebook
In life, you've probably been called by a consumer lending company, or a real estate business, to offer services, though you've never provided a phone number to them. High possibility, that phone number is taken from Facebook.
When registering for Facebook, users are required to provide a phone number. However, you can use extra numbers or hide it to avoid being taken advantage of. According to some security experts, from phone numbers and by specialized tools, crooks are easy to discover their address, even secret personal information.
Location
It is interesting to let people know that they are traveling on a beautiful island, or are on a land. However, if you show where you are, it is very dangerous, because bad guys can know your house is empty and break into to steal property. Experts recommend that users should limit "check-in", to friends mode, absolutely do not share positions while doing important work, working abroad or bringing children to school.
Vacation plan
Publicizing travel information on social networks makes you face some risks. According to This is Money, many tourists have been robbed of property due to public posting about their vacation plans. These cases are also at risk of being denied coverage.
Train and plane tickets
The publicity of all information on train and plane tickets makes users encounter many risks. From the barcode of the ticket, hackers can use it to read all the details about identity, as well as future flights associated with regular customer accounts. In some cases, crooks even suggest changing seats, canceling flights.
Credit and banking information
Purchases and payments are now easier thanks to transactions and exchanges via Facebook. However, after the purchase is complete, you should delete credit card information, bank accounts ... to avoid being stored online and at risk of being hacked if the account is accidentally attacked.
With over 2.3 billion members, Facebook is the world's most-used social network. Usually, when you join this platform, you will provide many personal information such as name, date of birth, interests ... However, it is likely that you will be taken advantage of if providing sensitive information. .
Here are the sensitive things that should be removed immediately from Facebook, in case of future risks.
Friends do not know
Unless you are a social media, business, artist ... need attention, it is best not to make friends and agree to make friends with people you do not know. Accepting a friend with an unfamiliar person can lead to fraud and personal information being taken advantage of.
You should filter the list of friends and only make friends with acquaintances.
According to research, people are only able to maintain about 150 healthy relationships. And for Facebook social network, each account is usually only about 4 friends considered reliable.
Birthday
Publicizing your birth date on Facebook will bring you some joy when you are happy with other accounts. However, if public, especially when full day, month, year of birth can be a fat "bait" that crooks take advantage of to understand yourself and serve bad purposes.
Children photos
On Facebook, many parents show off their children. However, this is considered a dangerous act, especially when they fall into the hands of kidnappers or use images for bad purposes.
Your child's school
Care should be taken in sharing information about where your child learns or plays, because they can be found by kidnappers, pedophiles .... In the UK, a famous country for child protection, statistics of the National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse, (NSPCC), show that there are 36,429 child sexual assaults in the period of 2013-2014. Experts believe that one of the best ways for parents to limit this problem is to not publish their children's images, personal information, places ... on social networks.
Phone number
Absolutely not publicize personal phone numbers to Facebook
In life, you've probably been called by a consumer lending company, or a real estate business, to offer services, though you've never provided a phone number to them. High possibility, that phone number is taken from Facebook.
When registering for Facebook, users are required to provide a phone number. However, you can use extra numbers or hide it to avoid being taken advantage of. According to some security experts, from phone numbers and by specialized tools, crooks are easy to discover their address, even secret personal information.
Location
It is interesting to let people know that they are traveling on a beautiful island, or are on a land. However, if you show where you are, it is very dangerous, because bad guys can know your house is empty and break into to steal property. Experts recommend that users should limit "check-in", to friends mode, absolutely do not share positions while doing important work, working abroad or bringing children to school.
Vacation plan
Publicizing travel information on social networks makes you face some risks. According to This is Money, many tourists have been robbed of property due to public posting about their vacation plans. These cases are also at risk of being denied coverage.
Train and plane tickets
The publicity of all information on train and plane tickets makes users encounter many risks. From the barcode of the ticket, hackers can use it to read all the details about identity, as well as future flights associated with regular customer accounts. In some cases, crooks even suggest changing seats, canceling flights.
Credit and banking information
Purchases and payments are now easier thanks to transactions and exchanges via Facebook. However, after the purchase is complete, you should delete credit card information, bank accounts ... to avoid being stored online and at risk of being hacked if the account is accidentally attacked.
Posts are tagged
The images and posts you tagged often reach more people. However, many of them will have negative content. Therefore, tagging is required to avoid malfunction. Users enter Settings> Timeline and Tag, then adjust the options accordingly.
Image does not match
Facebook is a place where you share everyday images, though not everyone likes them. Suppose you were going to an interview with a company, but the leader there looked at the page and found drunk pictures, partying ... they could think again.
The images and posts you tagged often reach more people. However, many of them will have negative content. Therefore, tagging is required to avoid malfunction. Users enter Settings> Timeline and Tag, then adjust the options accordingly.
Image does not match
Facebook is a place where you share everyday images, though not everyone likes them. Suppose you were going to an interview with a company, but the leader there looked at the page and found drunk pictures, partying ... they could think again.
