New warnings about the dangers lurking due to the personal information that users of Facebook or other social networking sites post on their personal accounts, German experts address.
For security reasons, experts advise users not to write down their date of birth, not to state their marital status (single, married, divorced, etc.), not to give information about their upcoming trips and not to post photos of their children.
According to the German magazine Focus, criminals can only falsify an identity with a photo, name and date of birth of a use.
He also notes that with the information that someone has just divorced, or that he is unattached, he can receive annoying messages from unknown users or be exploited by unconscious.
Posts such as "two more days and I'm going on a trip" or "I'm on vacation" open the door wide for burglars, since from the rest of the information that has been given one can easily locate the user's address. Experts also recommend that users never write that they are alone at home.
According to a survey, 9 out of 10 parents often post photos of their children, their children's names and their dates of birth. "This is unacceptable," say German experts, stressing that this tactic must stop. And the reason; Because with the current advancement of technology it is very easy for an expert to use the photos of children in child pornography websites, or if they are slightly older girls their data can be used to create a fake profile.
Even more dangerous is that pedophiles thus receive information about children and can use it to gain the trust of children and then commit criminal acts.