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28. December 2007 by admin.
A few safety tips we want to pass along when using MySpace and some tips to protect your privacy.
1. Set your profile to private. There are a lot of teens that don’t protect their privacy and therefore are broadcasting their profile to the world.
2. Change your password regularly and include upper/lower case letters, numbers, and special characters (i.e. &^$#) in combination. Your password for MySpace should NOT be the same as the password that you use to access your e-mail. If someone obtains your MySpace password they also will have access to your e-mail if the MySpace password is the same.
3. Pre-Approve comments before they are posted to your profile.
4. Do not display your status as “Online Now” if you want to protect others from seeing when you are online.
5. Block Users and Report them to MySpace
6. Remember that MySpace is a public place. Once a picture is posted online it is like a picture that never comes down. Every time the picture is displayed it is stored on a user’s computer. NEVER post any obscene or inappropriate pictures!!
7. Avoid including your age and high school you attend in your profile is set to public. A child predator or an identity thief would have an easy time locating you.
8. Remember if you do not know them then DON’T add them as a friend!
Be Safe!!
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