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It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of privacy and security while on the internet; it’s quite normal for some people to forget that public postings which you make can be seen potentially by millions of people and that statements that you make can be copied and spread far beyond the place and time where you made them.
This week I’d like to present a list of commonsense privacy and safety measures that everyone should bear in mind during their daily interaction here on deviantART or elsewhere.
PREVENTION AND SAFETY TIPS
Privacy tips
Remember that your deviantART account is always publicly viewable so everything that you say or do on site can be easily be read by anyone regardless of whether or not they have a deviantART account themselves.
•• Don’t post anything that could embarrass you later or expose you to danger. It is easy to mistakenly believe that only your friends will view your account, deviations and activity but the fact is that many complete strangers have access to what you post, including potential employers, colleges, your teachers and peers at school that you might not even know. You shouldn’t post photos or information you wouldn’t want people to know about you and never say anything which you don’t want to have held against you later.
•• Think before you post. What’s uploaded to the net can be downloaded by anyone and passed around or posted online pretty much forever. You shouldn’t post photos of yourself or your friends or family that you wouldn’t want to be spread around without your knowledge, possibly with malicious intent.
•• Protect your privacy. Since anyone can view your account page be careful about what sort of contact details that you provide. A publicly posted email address can easily be read by someone collecting addresses for a spam list, or looking for people to pitch a scam to, and even by people who would use it to send you insults, abuse, or worse.
