I posted quite a while ago on the dangers of identity theft with social networking sites, particularly one for MySpace, which is the most popular of these sites. I gave a few tips regarding protection of privacy on these sites and how to avoid identity theft on these sites. The danger will always exist as long as some people use these sites dishonestly. Thankfully, there are companies that provide information promoting online safety, and some even make this information available for free.
NextAdvisor, for example, has released a MySpace Identity Theft Protection Guide, which they have made available on their blog for free. This along with their Facebook Identity Theft Protection Guide provide useful guidelines for using social networking sites safely. The tips in these guides should help MySpace and Facebook users keep their time online safe, private, and fun, although I don't completely agree with endorsing and encouraging identity theft protection services.
Some of the information may seem like common sense, but the guidelines would not be necessary if people have not been careless about protecting their identities on MySpace.
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