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 ====== Social Media Security ======
-Decades ago, in the expanding internet social media lands, securing one’s online presence, while keeping yourself safe IRL, was far less complex. Now, times have changed, as many social media gathering places are littered with bad actors and other hostile threats. Almost everyone uses social media daily, WE, the Anonymous collective comprised of individuals, use it daily. This guide will cover how to remain safe using social media, not only for ourselves, but for the collective as a whole, as well as the general public.
+Decades ago, in the expanding internet social media lands, securing one’s online presence, while keeping yourself safe IRL, was far less complex. Now, times have changed, as many social media gathering places are littered with bad actors and other hostile threats. Almost everyone uses social media daily, WE, the Anonymous collective comprised of individuals, use it daily. This guide will cover how to remain safe using social media, not only for ourselves, but for the collective as a whole, as well as the general public. In addition to these strategies, it's also recommended that you look into actual software and hardware security as well. Those will be discussed on a different page, and you should take some time to review those as well. (placeholder for technical page link on soft/hardware for online security).
 Separating your RL identity and securing your personal info from your social media presence, is quickly becoming more crucial. Many people still use a handle which closely resembles their RL identity, and this can be a grave mistake, with harsh lessons being learned from it. Whenever you consider starting up a new social media account, it’s highly advisable that you separate the RL person from the online one and also any older "personal" accounts with your ACTUAL info, from the newer ones without it. This provides an extra bit of protection against hostiles online, looking to cause harm. It’s a good practice to get into, so let’s all start using it.
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 Now that you've gotten your intended social media account actually set up, you're going to start posting on it, so the first rule of thumb should be considered: **Never** presume anything that you say or do on social media, is //"private"//. This is probably one of the top mistakes people make because even if your account is fairly locked down to where only specific people can view it's contents, each of those people is still a security risk. They can, and might, just screencap what you're posting and release it into the wilds of the interwebs without your knowledge or consent. One day you might get in a disagreement with an online "friend", next thing you know, all your most personal thoughts and comments are being distributed, with random unknowns commenting and possibly reposting. They can even leak it offline into your RL friends or family if they've managed to find any of them via your account.
-Choose your content and words wisely with the understanding that nothing really is private. A good habit is just to avoid discussions regarding where you went to school, past jobs, details about RL family or friends and absolutely includes posting personal pictures. Images posted on an account can always be downloaded and reverse image searches can produce quite good results, tracing you to your other social media spaces. So if you've posted an image on a secured account and also on a personal account with your RL name, those two might be connected if someone decides to dig up info on the image. Suddenly, they've found your other account with your real identity, NOT GOOD. Remember: the online folks aren't your RL circle, so keep that shit separate, because the two worlds colliding can result in an epic shitstorm in your life. Nobody needs that.
+There are many different ways in which you can limit who sees and interacts on your social media spaces. For example, on Facebook and Twitter, you can limit who can see your posts/comments and interact with them. It's a good idea to decide at what level of exposure you want your content to appear at, before making your first post. Explore all the options available on whichever platform you're going to use, as some will even let you switch from an open public audience, to a limited one later on if you choose. However, you also need to be aware that Google and some other services, might index or capture content from social media environments even if your content was only briefly set to public. So if you allow public viewing, then "lock down" to only select people able to view/interact, Google might already have that post indexed and it can still be seen at least in a quick view from a search. There's also caching of web pages such as Wayback Machine, which could potentially have lingering bits of your content that someone can dig up. So, always keep in mind, privacy doesn't truly exist and the interwebs has a better memory than Pepperidge Farms.
+Choose your content and words wisely with the understanding that nothing really is private and that you might not be able to completely delete all traces of what you do. A good habit is just to avoid discussions regarding details such as where you went to school, current/past jobs, details about RL family or friends and absolutely includes posting personal pictures. Images posted on an account can always be downloaded and reverse image searches can produce quite good results, tracing you to your other social media spaces. So if you've posted an image on a secured account and also on a personal account with your RL name, those two might be connected if someone decides to dig up info on the image. Suddenly, they've found your other account with your real identity, NOT GOOD. Remember: the online folks aren't your RL circle, so keep that shit separate, because the two worlds colliding can result in an epic shitstorm in your life. Nobody needs that.
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