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Social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter are designed to allow you to share information such as who you are and what you’re doing. But users should consider who is privy to their posts.

Firesheep lets you hijack other people’s insecure social network connections.  If someone uses a public WiFi connection to log onto Facebook et al., anyone using Firesheep can capture and display their authentication information.

Personal data is a valuable commodity in the cyber criminal underground economy. Annually hundreds of billions of dollars are lost by companies all around the world due to identity theft. It is estimated that 1 out of every 10 Americans has already been a victim of ID theft.

Passwords are used by most people every day. We need to use passwords to get into our online bank accounts, to check our emails, to upload onto social media sites. Here are some password tips to consider.

A recent case of hacking brings to the fore the need to not only be judicious in what we post on social networking sites such as Facebook, but to be vigilant against hackers and criminals. To be safe store personal data with remote data storage.

If you are one of the multitudes who is posting your children’s pictures online, you may want to consider who all has access to them. Check your privacy settings to see who can have a look.