The Convenience and Curse of the Hi-Tech Social Media
Posted on Thursday 17 March 2016
The Convenience and Curse of the Hi-Tech Social Media
By Apolinario Villalobos
Hackers can pick up personal information
from ATM receipt and airline boarding pass. There is a gadget today that can be
used to scan them for personal information of the identification owner. The
best thing to do then is shred into pieces the used airline boarding pass and
ATM receipt. Do not throw used boarding pass ATM receipt in trash cans or just
anywhere in their intact form.
Restrain yourself from posting revealing
personal information in your facebook to impress viewers. Do not use this
social media as a diary. The most no-no is posting the interior of your
lavishly furnished homes, again, to impress friends. Some even go to the extent
of posting jewelries as if telling viewers to eat their heart out in envy,
while others announce to the world that they will be out-of-town to enjoy
weeks-long vacation.
Hackers can pick up passwords and usernames
in free wi-fi sites, so that it is advised that upon reaching home, the passwords
that were used in free wi-fi sites should be changed immediately. Some hackers
frequent free wi-fi areas such as malls, airports, parks, hotel lobbies, and
others to fish for easily hacked passwords.
Delete the history in the computer used in internet
cafes. Hackers can retrace the route taken by browsers who forgot to delete the
sites and pages that they opened and explored. The sites opened by the browser
can betray his or her personality that hackers can use in invading his or her
privacy. This should also be done when using personal computers such as laptop
or desktop as they might be used by “friends” with unpleasant intention.
It is sad to note that the high-technology
that brought about comfort and unquestionably helpful social media also brought
with it a curse of destruction to the careless. The best protection that we can
give ourselves is a reminder not to be too trusting.
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