5 Ways To Keep Pirates At Bay On Facebook

Here are five unbelievably stupid things that you could do on Facebook if you want to assist online crooks in stealing your online identity, followed by five wise and savvy security tips to keep the pirates at bay.

We all love how Facebook connects us with friends, entertains us, and tries to keep us away from the bad guys with very useful, but often ignored, security advice. But the bad guys are out there lurking in the shadows, wearing leather jackets, swaggering about, and chewing gum (not like The Fonz) to steal money and identities from the vulnerable amongst you.

Whether they succeed or fail is all up to you. Before we tell you how to fend them off, let’s start with unbelievably stupid things that you could do on Facebook if you want to assist these online crooks in stealing from you:

  1. Another friend request? I don’t know who that person is…but sod it.
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