Cyber & IT Supervisory Forum - Additional Resources

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17 S OCIAL M EDIA P LATFORMS

The role of social media in our lives continues to grow each year and so too does the amount of personal information which can be found through our online personas. 394 395  While who and what we share through social media is a personal choice 396 , it is recommended that you be intentional about who you share your data with 397 , to include which sites and platforms that you trust and consider worth the risk.  The role of the section below is to inform you of several privacy settings to aid you in securing your social network accounts so that you only share information with people you choose and not those you do not.  Online social media services are teeming with private and public personal information. 398 399  Control yours via the below links to privacy settings.  Further, ensure your account usernames and/or account unique IDs do not correlate with your personal data, and do not respond to messages or accept connection requests from parties you do not know or cannot confirm to be legitimate.  Accessing social media applications from open Internet hotspots provided at hotels, cafés, and airports may leave devices susceptible for adversaries to spy on activities physically and virtually. 400  Adversaries can also access devices and information if Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi® are enabled. 401

Social Media Privacy Settings Links

Service

Privacy Settings

Facebook Instagram

https://www.facebook.com/about/basics https://help.instagram.com/196883487377501 https://help.line.me/line/?contentId=20002865

Line

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/92055/understanding-your-privacy-settings?lang=en

Pinterest

https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/edit-account-privacy

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA140/how-do-i-manage-my-privacy-settings-in-skype-for windows-desktop

Skype

SnapChat

https://support.snapchat.com/en-US/a/privacy-settings2

Tumblr

https://tumblr.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011611747-Privacy-options

Twitter

https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/how-to-make-twitter-private-and-public

Viber

https://support.viber.com/customer/en/portal/topics/592905-security-and-privacy/articles

https://help.wechat.com/cgi bin/newreadtemplate?t=help_center/topic_list&plat=2&lang=en&Channel=helpcenter&detail=100338 6

WeChat

WhatsApp

https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/23225461/?category=5245250

YouTube

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/157177?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

Discord Discord is organized into chat groups called servers, which can be public or private. Private, invite-only servers are by far the most common type and typically host no more than 10-15 members. Popular

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