Keeping your social media profiles private allows only your IRL friends to see your pictures, which is who you want to be showing your pics to anyway, right? It's a simple and effective way you can take control, and stop strangers seeing your profile.
1. Lock it, block it, stop it.
2. Limit sharing info about yourself
Don't show your school badge or take pics standing outside your school - this makes it easier to identify the area you live in.Linking your photos with information from your social media profile, the updates you post or your ‘check-ins’ can reveal a lot about you that you may not want out there.
3. Did you ask?
Whenever you are snapping around being silly with friends remember to ask for permission from your friends before posting online and don’t tag each other into the picture or share the location. Just enjoy the moment 🤩
4. The internet is written in ink!
The internet is forever. You may forget, but posts and shares are always there, even when you delete something it's possible someone will have screenshot it, or it will still exist somewhere online. Old posts may come back to haunt you, so try to think 'what would future me want to see of my online profile in 10 years time?'. Try to be the best version of yourself you can be, you're awesome anyway 👍
- Now, you know all you need to know on how to share your selfies safely, but sometimes the adults in our lives need a reminder too!
- Remember that if you're not careful everyone could have access to your photos online, so take a look at this piece to find out where your pictures could end up and how you can protect your privacy.
- Fed up with photo filters? Here's how you can take great pictures on your phone.
