Avoid posting private messages publicly on social networks
January 23, 2012
RECORDER REPORT
The last place you want your private messages to friends and family to appear is out in public on a social network.
That's why users of Facebook and other social media websites need to weigh each posting carefully: should it be viewable to everyone who visits the friend's page, or should it be sent as a private message?
Many messages that make it public should have remained private, since they are embarrassing for the recipient and can even be damaging to a reputation.
Worse, many such messages either cannot be deleted, or can only be removed with a lot of difficulty.
Before posting, consider whether the message could be read by outsiders or found by a search engine.
That applies doubly so to private pictures, which are often uploaded without a second thought from smartphones.
If other people, aside from the owner of the picture, appear, their permission should be obtained before posting.
Copyright Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 2012
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