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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Issues to consider

Social networking sites is a door open for anyone who wants to connect with people, whether for a special purposes, it can help by sharing information with other members. It is one positive side of social networking sites. However, it is also important to talk about the privacy and issues regarding that.

Despite of wonderful things it can give you, there are some disadvantages associated with using them. Since you can’t physically meet the person you are interacting with, it has a greater chance for you to deceive because you only see the words they type into the computer. Other may not include all their personal information.

Pictures being post cannot be an assurance if you’re dealing with the right people.
There are also some situation wherein others can make a profile using your name, and contact information without your knowledge. To resolve this, make it a habit of typing your name on a Google search box to see how many hits you get from social networking sites. Review each of them to ensure those pages are registered by you.

If you find anything that is justifiable, report it to networking site. Ask for the page to be taken down immediately and check the site to make sure if the administration have done something with your request.

An online occurrence known as identity hijacking is becoming more common now. A computer hijacker can choose to imitate a person in order to gain access to that individual’s business or connections.

Be careful on the peoples you interact with social sites, it is not bad to intermingle with them but you need to be aware of security issues you’re going to use them.

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