Measures to protect your social media security

Social media remains for the moment an area in which the individual lays him or herself open to abuses of privacy.

Internet Security Analyst Robert Siciliano gives some tips over at the Huffington Post

1. Strengthen your passwords; use upper/lower case, numbers and characters. Don't use easily guessed words from the dictionary or pets, kids, birthdates etc.

2.Don't access social media from libraries, internet cafes or any public computers that could have spyware.

3.Make sure your own PC has updated virus definitions and security patches. Don't bother with all the 3rd party apps in social media. Many are risky.

4.Don't click on links in emails from "friends" asking you to download a video or see pictures. This is becoming a common ruse in social media.