保护网络个人隐私的方法

　　Facebook, Google, MySpace, Twitter, the proliferation of social networking means more personal information are accessible to strangers than ever before.

　　Facebook、谷歌、聚友网、Twitter，随着社交网站的盛行，越来越多的个人信息开始开放给陌生人。

　　As attitudes to privacy are starting to change, here is a short list of some ways to protect your privacy online:

　　在人们对待隐私的态度逐渐发生变化的情况下，我们列出几招教你保护自己的网上隐私：

　　1) personalised search engine optimisation - strange as it may seem, people are willing to pay for experts to alter position of their name in Google`s listings as it is typed. The method keeps the bad news private.

　　搜索引擎的个性优化——看上去有点奇怪吧，但仍然有人愿意雇专家，帮助他们改变在谷歌搜索列表中自己名字显示的位置，以保证负面信息的私密性。

资料图 十招教你保护网络隐私

　　2) change your name - stranger yet, Google`s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, has said youngsters might have to rename themselves to escape the shadow of their dodgy past. Many adults already use aliases for sites to avoid casual visitors.

　　改名——更奇怪了吧，谷歌的首席执行官埃里克·施密特曾劝年轻人去改名，毕竟旧的名字记录着他们不愿被提及的过去，改名就能躲避这种不良影响。不少社交网站的成年用户就使用化名以避免那些不速之客的造访。

　　3) change your security/privacy settings – it offers you some genuine control over who sees what. Do you really want a prospective boss checking what you used to do at the weekends?

　　修改安全/隐私设置——设置完之后，你可以限制浏览自己页面的人。你是否希望未来的老板通过浏览页面，看到你周末干了什么？