Secrets to yank off Facebook -- now

[mfcorey1]

http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/secrets-to-yank-off-facebook-now


Let's make one thing clear: You can't prevent social media-related identity theft. Even if you delete your Facebook account, turn off Twitter and cut yourself off from all other social media, there's still enough information about you out there to help the bad guys access your financial life.

It's in the stuff you've already posted, other people's posts about you and in huge databases that have been tracking you on- and off-line.

"There's no such thing as preventable identity theft," said Adam Levin, chairman and co-founder of Credit.com and Identity Theft 911. "People have put out so much information, there are so many sites that are tracking you and so many breaches have occurred."

Even Michelle Obama may have been hit by hackers who apparently were able to pull credit reports on celebrities by piecing together publicly available information.


Protect yourself against ID theft

What you can do is to try to make yourself less of a target -- and know what to do if you get hit.

Making yourself less visible isn't easy in a world where your something as seemingly innocuous as your Facebook "likes" can reveal your political and sexual orientation and readily available facial recognition software can not only track you from site to site but can figure out your Social Security number.

[aristocles]

1. It's simple really...

...DON'T....USE...FACEBOOK!