Facebook and other Social Sites are not Safe

hi even here on mylot I do not divulge a lot of personal information as I do not know all the p eople who might read my profile and I do not want some wacko showing up at the retirement center where I stay and bugging me. There is such a thing as tmi too much information. In the wrong hands this could be really dangerous. I have always been careful not to give away social security information, doctor information, my street addresss, if I have friends here as I really do and they want to stop by to see me I would love it b ut we will share info by email or private messaging. A few months back one young mylotter had struck up an online friendship with what she thought was a nice young man. okay she gave himn her address, and he came to see her but he turned out to be a stalker that would not let her alone. She had realized they had nothing in common and she tried to turn him down and he almost killed her.;her dad came into herliving room to see this jerk choking her, and slammed down a h=eavy book on top the jerks head. that knocked him out then they phoned the police. the man turned out to be on the run from an attempted murder charge. So I just play it safe. there really is such a thing as tmi too much information.,

Well obviously we can not stop people using facebook. Especially those scammers. I think the only way we can avoid or minimize the crime is to limit our identification in Facebook to avoid unauthorized person to access our data. We should also limit people who can view our data.

ya...so dont to easily give your privat number and other to your account...many hacker want your data

I totally agree with you! The social networking sites have enjoyed a phenomenal growth in the recent years. Although some of them, like facebook were originally designed to be a medium of communication for college students, it has grown tremendously and is now used by all cadres of people and everywhere. Children and even at work places are where the social sites continually get huge fans. But wait, be careful! Let me state an example; The cost of dating online is not the only eyesore to the social networking sites. There are serious issues of security and safety of the information posted on these sites as well as of the people who are members. People can easily impersonate others and cheat their way through because you cannot see them. People may put photos that do not belong to them in their profiles and claim that they are the said persons. Since the face is the only attribute you can know somebody by, people are easily cheated day in day out. When you finally find out, it could not only be a shock to you but also a massive disappointment. However, you are able to know the character of such people and so you can start being careful when the relationship is just beginning. Another worse probability of the guys who impersonate others is that they could actually turn out to be criminals. There have been numerous cases of incidents in which an internet motivated date results in abuse and even murder of the victims. Therefore, always remember to be careful and insist on meeting your dates in safe public places if it is for the first time. Have a nice day my friend :)

Seriously I do not think that it is only social networks such as these that you have to be careful. Any place that you talk to other people is a potential danger if you are not careful at what your saying to these people.

i think its safe if you just keep some details to yourself, like your address and your cellphone number and stuffs like that. as stalkers may have an easier time in stalking you if you give out these ideas.

Hey I think you are right a little bit.. because their are also many persons who want to give harm to another persons.. so it is not safe to put your personal information like contact number and address and many other things on social networking websites..

Thank your this warning. Anyway, i haven't show any details

i think that this social networking sites are safe, it up to you if you want to say that this is not safe i think its just a matter of choosing details to share or post on the site, i think you need to know things that people should not know about yourself stuffs that are very personal and other doesn't really ant to know, so for this kind of details better keep it...

Yes definetely I do agree that sharing personal details may invite troubles in future.There are some people who are professional frauds and hackers.Even there is possiblity of any of your enemy traking you in this social sites.Always it is recommended to go through the privacy policy of this social site in order to secure personnel information.You also should not discuss or share any of your login related issues with others otherwise this could also prove to be fatal.I think you have given a very good point to discuss.hope you liked my tips.cheers

Yes there are few case I have observed where giving public access to your details or to share your details with a person you do not know about is critically dangerous, so we need to beware of such practice and should avoid doing such kind of activities. live safe, do safe