7 Tips for Safer Social Networking Passwords

Ah, pumpkins and changing leaves, the first signs of fall, along with...protecting your online privacy? Yes, October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) and we're celebrating with a review of online password tips to keep you safe from the ghosts, ghouls and goblins of the cyber world.

By their very nature, social networking sites like Google, Twitter, Facebook and MySpace are gold mines for cyber criminals looking to steal your identity or hijack your account. All four sites have recently revamped or released new privacy settings, largely in response to outcries from a critical public and skeptical media.

And, just in time for Halloween, Facebook unveiled a Houdini-ish new privacy feature, offering users a “one-time,” disposable password for use on public computers or to double-check the security of your account.

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