Personal Profiles
Personal profiles can be set up
for chat rooms, forums, and instant messengers. This is another
dangerous practice. These profiles ask for entirely too much
identifying information. Common things that are asked are: Your
real name, your nickname, your location, your age, your birth
date, your marital status, your sex, your occupation, and your
hobbies. Some even ask for your email address.
Think about those things for a
minute, and then think about what an identity thief could do
with all that information. That little bit of information could
destroy your life. The best thing you can do, for your own
protection, is to not fill out these profiles at all. Don’t give
anyone anything other than your screen name, and stick to that
Security Checklist. Check if you have enough
protection
10 Steps to Protect Yourself and
Your Family
