Facebook and Twitter privacy faux pas ..and tips on how to avoid them

>>>>>Information<<<<<

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Social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter are great for allowing you to share information about your life with your friends, family and colleagues.

But along with that ability comes the risk of sharing sensitive information with the wrong people, and that risk increases as your network grows well beyond your core circle of friends.
Using Twitter and Facebook effectively takes more than discretion; you should know how to tweak the settings for these services so that you have full control over who sees what on your Facebook page or on Twitter.

And do not forget

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But in the end you'll find that the fundamental lesson is invariably the same, and that's to remember the golden rule of all social networks: Never forget that the whole world is watching.

>>Koboface on Twitter<<

Please also be aware that the Koboface Worm has now invaded the Twittershere

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Cybercriminals are experimenting with a new feature introduced in one of the latest Koobface variants - the ability of the worm to hijack the Twitter accounts of infected users and post tweets in an attempt to infect their followers.

PLEASE surf safely and do not say you were NOT pre-warned about possible ways to get infected