Social Networking Safety tips

Hey there guys... Sorry for the late updates... I occupied with my studies cos' this year I'll be sitting PMR...

Well then, lets get on our topic... Last Wednesday, I went to a seminar in KL called Internet Safety Awareness Seminar, held at KLCC Convention Centre. There were so many schools from Shah Alam, Klang Valley and of course Hulu Langat... The seminar was from 10 o'clock until 5.30 with a few breaks...

In this post, I would like to share some of my experience that I learned from the seminar... Its about Social Networking Safety....

Social Networking is a public social website that introduced by people in the cybernettic world. Friendster, Blogger, Myspace, Facebook and Twitter are examples of Social Networking that very popular among the people nowadays...

Now about the safety... Have heard the story of Megan Meier??? You don't know her??? FYI, she's a victim of cyberbullying in one of the popular Social Networking Sites, Myspace... She was cheated by a 'friend' that she met in Myspace named Josh... They known each other for about two weeks... Then, Josh started to saying bad things towards Megan until she decided to make suicide... Two weeks after her death, the authorities know that Josh is not really EXIST... He was made by one of the neigbour in Megan's resident... She created Josh just to teach her not to make fun her daughter who is the same age of Megan...

Now my friends, you need to make this story a lesson for all of you... Now, talk about safety in Social Networking, I will list down all the DOs and DONTs about safety in Social Networking...

DOs
1. keep your identities (e.g:phone number, email address, home address etc.) secret and private from all people
2. costumize your profile to private to prevent inauspicious people added you
3. keep your email address and password secret from anybody
4. make sure you logged off completely your profile when not in use
5. activate screen saver and password to make your computer more secure

DONTs
1. give your home address, email address and phone number to anybody who is suspicious
2. upload all your private photos (e.g:photos of yourself, family, relatives etc.) into your profile. This to make sure to prevent negative stuff happened like picture theft, ID theft and cyberstalking
3. insert your upcoming activities into your profile
4. insert your school name, sports team name and class into your profile. This has a high risk of cyberstalk and of course STALKING
5. email to cyber999@cybersecurtiy.my if you want to report about abusive behaviour

If you want to know more about Safe Social Networking, visit E-Security Malaysia website or you could just email at info@cybersecurity.my

Remember guys, be smart be safe