City of Audubon issued the following announcement on April 17.
Lately, we have noticed a lot of folks doing those challenges and questionnaires on Facebook that encourage you to post information about your personal life.
Two of the most recent ones are, "Share a picture of every car you have ever owned," or "Share the last ten cities you have lived in." These posts seem fun as it takes you and others on a trip down memory lane.
However, you are just sharing information about yourself that could help others gain access to your personal information. One of the most common security questions is, "What was your first vehicle?"
Other challenges and questionnaires ask the maiden name of your mother, where you attended school, or where you were born. All of these questions could potentially be asked to identify yourself to gain access to your email, online banking, etc.
As fun as these challenges/questionnaires may seem, we encourage you not to participate and protect your personal information. And be especially wary of posts which ask you to copy and paste the post. Doing so may allow others to search for profiles of those who copied and pasted their information based on privacy settings of posts and profiles. (*Note: this sentence has been edited for clarification.)
It's tempting to play these games when we have so much time on our hands, but hackers are sometimes using these tricks to learn your information. Don't make it easy for them.
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Audubon
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