Facebook Dangers - The 5 Facebook Dangers for Teens and College Kids

What do many people do first in the morning, except taking shower and having breakfast, on a weekend, for example? Yes, they check e-mails and, of course, visits their Facebook page. Many, many people do it as a part of their daily morning ritual. This social network has displaced other social networks, becoming the leader around the world. Facebook has become an important part of many people's lives. One sends gift to his or her friend's birthday for only a dollar, another shares his or her status line with friends or, indeed, everyone.

Facebook claims it has 400 million users. But are they well-protected from prying eyes, scanners and unwanted marketers?

Statistics of Facebook Dangers

According to security research firm Sophos, 700,000 Facebook users join Facebook every day. The report from Sophos states that 93% of users would prefer Facebook's privacy options to be opt-in rather than opt-out. Sophos studies have also found that Facebook users:

• 46% - accepted friend requests from unknown people, strangers
• 89% (in their 20s) - disclosed their full birthday
• about 100% - post their email address
• between 30-40% - list data about their family and friends

Sophos also says that Facebook is a threat to online security. The security research firm warns that people should be wary of what information they post on any social networking site.

Yet Facebook has provided a wide variety of privacy options, it's a still public place. What dangers may users wait from Facebook? For college kid or young adult, here are five Facebook dangers that they may never have thought about.

The 5 Facebook Dangers for Teens and College Kids

• Facebook and college admissions: According to a 2008 Kaplan study, one in 10 college admissions officers routinely check out college applicants’ Facebook and MySpace pages. And some 38% of them found posts and pictures that reflected poorly on those prospective students. It wasn’t even necessarily that they’d posted provocative or hard partying photos.
• Fellow students: It’s not just admissions officers doing the surfing. Some upper classmen at the University of Redlands were so incensed by partying comments made by several incoming freshmen on the Redlands Facebook group site, they showed the posts to college officials. College administrators said they called the teens’ parents a few weeks before school began to have a little talk.
• Grad school and careers: Business and medical school admissions officers surf social networking sites in even greater numbers than their undergrad brethren. So do prospective employers, none of whom are impressed by posts that holler "Par-tay! Woo hoo!"
• Courtroom consequences: Unfortunate Facebook postings can have serious legal repercussions too. One of the first things attorneys do with a new case is search online for information about plaintiffs, defendants and witnesses alike.
• Child pornography charges: Posting or sending photos of oneself or friends in scanty clothing or sexually suggestive poses may be a popular pastime among the younger set, but if any of the people posing are under 18, the practice may result in child pornography charges.

Facebook Monitoring Software -- Preventing Facebook Dangers

So, how to be careful on Facebook? First of all, it is recommended to control the privacy settings on one's Facebook account. Users can decide what he or she wants to share and what doesn't. Also, upload not so many pictures - one or two, for example, and turn off one 'chat' function. The fact is that some Facebook active users found their private chats accessible to everyone on their contact list.

As for parents who concerned kids' safety on Facebook, it is necessary for you to install a monitoring software to safeguard their online surfing. Here SurveilStar Facebook Monitoring Software can help you to monitor your kids' any activities on Facebook for protecting them.

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