Social media and Privacy

Social networking and privacy :

Social networking has drastically changed the way people interact with their friends, associates and family members. Although social networks, like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat etc play a major role in our day to day lives, I have also come to discover that they could also pose serious privacy risks. When using these social media sites, it’s quite important to know and understand the privacy risks involved.               

Privacy Risk : Nowadays, hackers prowl the social media networks looking for victims.Hackers also use spyware which they can easily install on your mobile phones, laptops, iPad or/and computer remotely via downloads, emails, shortened URLs or instant messages. The spyware gives the hacker information about the passwords you use on your social media networks and other accounts which you access online.

Protecting Your Privacy: Create strong passwords; the stronger your passwords are, the harder it will be to guess. You can include special characters such as symbols, numbers, and capital letters in your password. Also, do not use some common passwords, like your child’s name, or birthday.
Get the latest antivirus and anti-spyware software and make sure you have it regularly updated with all the latest malware definition