13 Things You Should Never Ever Post on Facebook
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Love bragging to your Facebook friends that you and your roomie are about to embark on a 10-mile run? Stop. You’re basically broadcasting to thieves that your home is theirs for the taking for the next 90 minutes. On the Huffington Post, Catharine Smith and Bianca Bosker list 12 more things you should never, ever post on the social networking site:
- Your birthday: Sure, we all love to get a wall-full of “happy birthday” wishes. But if you give your full birthday and/or your place of birth, you may as well hand over your financial security.
- Your phone number: This one may seem obvious, but you might not realize that when your friend starts a group called “lost my phone! need numbers,” anything you post there is very likely accessible to … everyone.
- The layout of your home: Just as posting the specifics of a trip you’re planning lets thieves know when you’ll be gone, posting pictures of your home basically gives those same thieves a map.
For the complete list, including the reason you should never admit to risky activities like hang gliding or street racing, click here.
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I sort of refuse to worry because I am too old to blackmail, don’t have “assets” worth stealing and if I am not home…a wolf is and he is remarkably spry for his age and leg count. I am just grateful I used my head in younger years….there aren’t nekkid photos, debauched candid shots etc out there to digitalize and if I took any now I am pretty certain it would be a huge disincentive to anyone lurking on the web! 🙂
The question is not “Am I paranoid?”
The question is “Am I paranoid enough?”
See, this is why I don’t belong to the book of faces. Just way too much personal information is already available why give more. People know what I want to tell them that is it, no more no less.
I don’t trust the security of FB one bit for those behind the scenes hacker things. I would never consider posting too many personal things for the world to see.
The unfortunate truth is that there isn’t much that is private anymore–looking to confirm my dad’s birthday, I was more horrified than happy to discover that I was able to find it online (on a public site). There’s something to be said for not being careless with personal information, but the times, they are a-changin’–there isn’t much that’s truly secure.