Privacy by you on Facebook. Do not answer quizzes.

[Tetrachloride]

Do not answer:

1. favorite movie, songs
2. where you are born
3. names or former names of family
4. names of pets
5. favorite vacation

These are ways to get your weaknesses in personality, password verification and of your family.

At least 3 people in my broader circle have had their FB accounts hacked this past 8 weeks.

Do not open links or attachments in FB Messenger.

Additional suggestions welcome.

Use the BLOCK advertiser.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I clicked for more info on a post on FB (not my Friends)

and I was transferred to a page that told me that my computer was now in danger of a Trojan virus. I couldn't click off the page. They gave a Microsoft phone # for help.

Yes, I knew better than to call it. (Phish, phony, etc.)

I hit Control + W to make the screen go away.

I was lucky.

Don't click unless you know the site.

[Tetrachloride]

2. My roommate called that number. Essentially he was

too proud to ask me. I heard him give his credit card over the phone. I am 25 feet away. Just ask me for C sake.

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Ad blocker and a proper “hosts” file will alleviate some of those suspicious websites.

[QED]

3. I cringe every time I see the "results" from a family member.

I've talked to them and told them that not only are they compromising their own security but mine also. We did live on the same street growing up, had the same phone number, etc.

No dice, they still play the quizzes. My passwords are too goofy to figure out. I hope.

[MuseRider]

4. So many people I know

do all of those. Nope, it seems pretty obvious what they are. They say they are just harmless fun, I think they may find out differently.

Why would anyone do those silly things. Surely they know it is just stupid.