Ever get the feeling you were being watched? No seriously have you
gone online to either your Social Media account or did a quick glance of your
online bank statement and notice that something isn't right. Scary yes but it's
becoming a reality today as more and more people fall victim to identity theft.
When you set your to profile private
people can only become friends with you at your own discretion, this is a good
way to attempt to weed out the crazies - or so you think. How well do you think
you still know your High School BFF or someone you roomed with in college 10
years ago? The answer for that is going to vary, of course, but what will not
vary is if you accept a friend or someone posing to be a friend without really
knowing if it is really them. People impersonating some other person is a
tactic that even law enforcement uses on certain occasions but that is to catch
the bad guy, in this instance the person who you think is your friend is the
bad person because, as it turns out, they are not really your friend. You read
it all the time people go online and steal others pictures and claim them as
their own or they have the audacity to create a new life using another person's
information. Very sickening and the fact that they can access even your most
personal information begs to ask the question - how private are these profiles
and accounts? Being that we live in a more technologically advanced world than
we did 20 years ago we can find that our lives and reputations can be destroyed
online before it even affects us in person.
It is more important than ever to make
sure you are monitoring who you allow access to your Social Media account
because that same person you have just connected with may be the same person to
try and create another profile using your information and pictures. Since we are
in an age where there is a lot of online activity you must now take into
account you have an online profile and in fact before you meet someone face to
face this your stand in representative. You now have to make sure your profile
online is clear of any fraud or damaging information that can affect you from
either getting a job or perhaps a potential love interest. If you should ever
find that you need Reputation Management then you should proceed with looking
for professional service in that area. Centel Media™ is a great firm to get help
from as they will not only work to clean your reputation but also make sure it
stays clean. You now have two profiles to guard, personal and online neither
one is more important than the other but if you are not careful they can both
take each other down.
Always be cognizant of who you are
reconnecting with because how they were when you played in the sandbox together
may not be the same person today.