posting your pictures online

guess what could happen if you post your pics online?
this is what i found on a blog, and the photos were not edited by me.

this is the original photo:

and this is what you can do with photo-editing programs:

funny huh?

you dont want that to happen to you.

how can you be sure that the one who asked for your pic or the one viewing your pic is a 12 year old girl? it could be an old man, or someone from your school who wants to "destroy" you. editing pictures is very easy, and you dont need to be a photoshop-expert to edit a pic and make it look authentic.
and someone might steal your pictures, and use them as their display-pics on social network websites, such as myspace, hi5, facebook.. or even worse, adult social networks or dating websites.

after reading this, if you still want to post your pictures online, dont include any bits of your personal info, such as real name, birthdate, email address, or city you live in.. make it a little harder for stalkers to find you :P

PASSWORDS

before you start crying over your stolen account, take a moment to read this.

there are many ways to find someone's password. it can be done by guessing, programs [illegal, and they also contain many viruses], or the easiest way, some people are stupid enough to give their passwords to anyone.

make a strong password. what is a strong password?

• a password that no one could guess, even best friends or family.
• must not be your name, a name of someone you love, a name of your pet... because then it will be easy for people who know you to guess it.
• must not be your phone number, id, license..
• must not be found in any dictionary.
• it must not be: "blank", password, passcode, letmein, itsme...
• it must not be the same as the username.
• it must be at least 6 characters - letters [small and capitalized] and numbers. and special characters if possible.
• must not be: 1111, 2222, aaaa, abcd, asdfgh, qwerty....

and most important- no matter what they may promise you, dont give your password to anyone. not only they might steal your account, they will also be able to view your personal info.

and if you were stupid enough to give out your password, change it immediately. many people use the same password for other accounts, if you're one of them, change the passwords of those accounts, especially if they were emails.



any questions/suggestion?

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