Don’t be one of those people that say “This won’t happen to me.” Save yourself the hassle of getting hacked and find out what NOT to share on Facebook.

1. Home address and phone number:

Check-in’s?  Well first of all, Check –in’s are not necessary in general, but why would one check-in in their own home?  Maybe you should rethink sharing your home address on social websites.  Sharing such information is an easy way to get identity theft or other dangers. You might be asking what does “my phone number” have to do with this?  Well, when you put out your phone number, one can easily access other personal information by simply typing your phone number on a search engine such as Google.

2. Passwords Hints:

Of course this is a silly advice to even mention, but sharing passwords on Facebook is more common than you think.  This not only means literally sharing your passwords but even giving out the smallest clues.  Any clue that might lead to any password of yours should be off any social networks site.  Another advice that might help, try not to give out your password to any person no matter how close they are; you never know when they can screw you over!

3. Giving permission for apps:

So you might think that the quizzes you take on Facebook or the polls you vote on are confidential?  Let us rethink this.  Social Networking is all about sharing information.  The University of Virginia found that 90% of the top applications on Facebook were given access to information that were not required for that specific application to function.  That means that the permission you gave to play that Snake game on Facebook is now used on another social networking site.

4. Private information:

Setting your Facebook timeline private to certain people does not necessary mean that those people won’t have access to it.  Choose all the privacy settings you want, but here is a fact, as long as the information is shared, it has the potential to be leaked.

5. Risky Behaviors:

Remember that weekend you got drunk and it was all over Facebook?  Yes, this might be one reason why you did not get that job you wanted or that college acceptance letter.  While you sit here and say “it won’t happen to me,” your “future boss” might be sitting behind his computer, looking for your Facebook to help make a decision whether to hire you or not.

One thing we are sure you can do is to like our page on Facebook and share it with your friends.