How To Be Safe And Smart On Social Networking Sites

Did you know*…

• More than 90,000 registered sex offenders were removed from one popular social networking site…and those were only the ones who used their real names.
• According to the Al Qaeda Handbook, terrorists search so-cial networking sites for “government personnel, officers, important personalities and all matters related to them (residence, workplace, times of leaving and returning, chil-dren and places visited).
• Social networking sites have become a haven for identity thieves and con artists, and social networking viruses are on the rise.

Think about it: Facebook, Twitter and other social media web sites have become the world’s largest database of personal information, all served up intentionally by the user. It’s practically every scammer’s dream come true!