Want to socialize and bank safely online? Be prepared to be your own best bodyguard.
With self-replicating spamming worms proliferating on popular social sites, officials at Facebook and Twitter say they've come to rely heavily on users to help them police postings. This follows a trend set by the banking industry, which now relies heavily on customers to keep themselves safe while banking online.
'To combat these threats, we need people to practice safe behavior online,' says Facebook spokesman Simon Axten. 'We advise people to be suspicious of anything that looks or feels strange – whether it's an unfamiliar link in a message from a friend who hasn't contacted you in a while, or a promise of something valuable if you take a certain action or provide personal information.'
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