Not so much about MySpace danger, just more tips...(Part 2)

I promised you more tips, so here they are:

5) Be selective about your photos. It may seem obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people display photos that clearly show their house number, license plate number or other personal information. Think twice about doing this. This is especially important for teens!

6) Sharing school/company information. This one is tricky. If you’re like me, a good 10 years out of high school, then there is probably no danger in sharing what high school you graduated from. In fact, if I hadn’t shared that information on MySpace I wouldn’t have been able re-connect with an old high school friend that I hadn’t spoken to in years. But should teenagers reveal what high school they currently attend? My opinion is no. The same thing goes for sharing what companies you work or have worked at. I had this information on my profile for a while, but later decided that there was really no reason anybody had to know where I worked. If anyone is that interested they can ask, and I can decide how vague I want to be about it, depending on my relationship with that person. Otherwise, there’s no need for it.

7) Hide last login. This isn’t so much a security issue as it is convenient. I stumbled across this one because I would find myself looking at my friend’s profiles, checking to see if they’d logged in that same day. I realized that other people could be doing the same with my profile. I learned (with a little from Google) that it’s possible to keep this from showing up on your profile, simply by inserting a snippet of code in the right place. Although, I’m not sure if anyone has even noticed that it’s gone from my profile or not.

8) Hide friends/comments/contact box. Speaking of hiding things, it’s possible to hide pretty much any part of your profile, if you know the right code. Don’t want other people to know who your myspace friends are? Would you rather keep your comments hidden? Don’t want people contacting you or adding you? Simply hide these features. Problem solved. Click here for help in finding the code to do this.

9) Digitalpoint.com. Before I discovered Profilesnoop.com (see previous blog), I had Geo Tracker on my profile. Like profilesnoop.com, it’s simply a bit of code inputted into a section on your profile. Unlike Profilesnoop.com, it is visible to users viewing your profile. It shows up as a button that says “Geo Tracker”. When you click on the button, it’ll show you a world map, with little colored dots showing where the people who viewed your profile in the last 24 hours are from. You can zoom in to pinpoint the location down to the street name, in some cases. It doesn’t go into anymore detail than that, though. Still it’s a fun tool.

and finally…

10) Comments from Tom. This one is definitely not a security tip, but a fun prank to play on your friends. Simply insert a code into a comment for your friend, write in what you want “Tom” to comment and send. I know I’m probably too old to get a laugh out of things like that… but so what? ;-) Click here for the code.

Any questions or comments… let me know!

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