Facebook is more or less the king of the world when it comes to social networking. It has exploded outwards which such speed as it allowed users to post their thoughts, images, join fan clubs, find long lost friends and create many a school reunion.

Intially, it was setup to allow only your friends view the content you had on Facebook. So you were safe in the knowledge that only people who you have accepted as friends on Facebook could view what you were doing.

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If ever you need to know the importance of protecting your private information on Facebook, the following article makes some great points on the need to secure your information and when you have the president of the United States agreeing with that warning, you should take note.

Not only are you protecting your own private information, your settings are also protecting your friends private information. You are doing yourself a favour and your friends also.  Don’t forget they can’t change your settings and if they are securing themselves against unwanted interest, they kind of need your support too.

Software giant Microsoft recently admitted that a vulnerability exists in its Internet Explorer browsing software. It allowed hackers to attack human rights organisations, prompting Google to reconsider its Chinese operations. Recently, the German and French governments have urged users to upgrade or use a different browser.

It seems that version 6 of the browser was the cause so you can quickly check with version you have installed by opening your IE browser, go to help in the toolbar and click “about Internet Explorer”. This will list the browser version you have downloaded.  You can upgrade to version 7 or the latest version 8 but why not check some of the other browsers on offer like Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome.

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