Dangers of facebook

Facebook announced that profiles will become searchable through its new Public Search Listings.  Although you can meet new friends online, you may also come into contact with malicious people misrepresenting themselves.

Your personal information, including your snaps and posts, may be viewed by anyone. This may happen if you have set the privacy setting for your wall and photos to be viewable by 'Everyone'. This exposure can be dangerous as your photos and personal information may be used by others for other purposes.

There have been cases of identity theft and creation of fake profiles by stealing the personal information of people. If any of your friend's accounts are hacked, your personal information will be exposed to anyone.

Internet thieves and sexual predators are only too eager to exploit personal information found on social networking sites. They are waiting for an opportunity to hurt you unless you take precautions to protect yourself.