Protect yourself and your family on social networks

How much time do we spend on social networks? much, if one believes the figures from comScore. The U.S. marketing research firm estimates that of March, French Internet users have logged more than 5 hours to Facebook, with more being added every month. Third most visited site in France, the galaxies behind Web services from Google and Microsoft, the social network created by Mark Zuckerberg well ahead of them on time monthly usage (just over 2 hours 30 minutes per user on Microsoft sites, just under three hours on those of google).

On Facebook, there are his friends and his personal knowledge or professional, it will be done other, it gives news of her, we watch and we show its activities in the picture or video, you can play, sharing his discoveries we inquired ... all this takes time. And Facebook is not alone in the niche: Twitter has become more popular in France, Google multiplies + functions and changes its skin to attract more users, Linkedin and Viadeo can create a network of professional contacts the rising stars ... it is the photo-sharing networks, like the famous Pinterest or Instagram Facebook has bought for the tidy sum of one billion dollars.

But beneath these shimmering outside endorsements, social networks have some more troubling aspects. Measures connect time mentioned above give reason to fear a first for users through more fragile or younger: addiction. It runs just to check messages and then you start talking to its present contacts, we launch an online game ... and you end up spending most of his time on Facebook.
Another concern: the use of data we publish and share, whether through social networks themselves or by marketing pros and brands that have now invaded these community sites. A "Like" or "1" on a product or on a company is valuable information today ... and cash. Furthermore, social networks are based on general conditions of use tortuous, voluntarily maintaining the blur on the reuse of content posted by users and enforcement of copyright. Which sometimes gives the impression that Facebook and others use our profiles and our information without our knowledge.

Should we then draw a line completely on these sites and in illico unsubscribe? Not necessarily. Various settings can develop a more serene social networks, to be less disturbed and control the operation of its data: it is the heart of this issue. We also offer some tips to guide their use by teenagers - the key word being pedagogy. We also investigated the complexity of their conditions of use. The consideration for an enjoyable and entertaining use of these sites ....

Ancestors of social networks, sometimes associated with them, instant messengers are a few fairly simple traps to avoid. Advice also apply to social networks! A person needs to be added to your contact list, but at first glance, it is unknown to you? Start by checking his profile if it is not filled or empty, or completely inaccessible, simply ignore the request.

One of your usual contacts starts to send you messages in a foreign language and to send you weird links? Caution, danger! It is likely that your friend's email hack is done or that it was infected. Especially, do not click on links sent. Tell your contact by other means (email, phone ...) and advise him on the one hand, to analyze its computer security tools to date, on the other hand, to reset the password its instant messaging

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