Risk Of Sharing Private Information On Social Networks

I am addicted to Facebook and many other social networking sites. I always like to change my status according to my mood or by some other chance. But is all this safe? This question has arises many times in my mind. I had even created pages in Facebook to promote my blog and share my post in them. Why we do all this? Because for me, this is the only way to let other know about me and my blog. Facebook, Twitter and Google+ are the one which are mostly used to promote your site, connect your friends, sharing photos and many other tings like this. But there are many hackers on the Internet who are waiting for an opportunity to hack into your account and use your personal information as a weapon.

Trend Micro has published a useful infographic titled “The Risk of Posting in Social Networks”. This infographics helps us to understand the risk involve in sharing private information on social networks. Sharing your personal information like your birth date, place of birth, name of school, mother or father name, your pet name, etc., can be used to hack into your online.

See the infographic and understand the risk involved;

Source: Trend Micro Malware Blog

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