stay safe while using games and apps in facebook

Each and every day lots of third party applications and games are being created for facebook and many of them are being installed and used. Most of these applications and games are been certified by FB or simply comes with the knowledge of facebook. But the ratio of hacking/spamming and malware possibilities haven't decreased yet. Though these games and applications are made to timepass or have fun or whatever, they are also used as a hunting ground for people who wants to grab your informations and details.

Yet the games havent reduced or the people playing them haven't reduced. how can we keep ourselves safe from such threats. You know ? these companies make money by lead-generation using the information  gathered from us. Do you remember every time when you install an application it asks for your permission to gather information from your profile and thats where it does the trick. ok lets see how we can reduce the chances .

1. Use Fake profile for playing:
 If you are a person who loves to play games on facebook rather than social networking, you should try this. make a fake profile fill the required information with fake ones or you can simply leave it. when there is a less information the chance of phishing is also less. now you can give this profile id to your friends who loves to play social games and multiplayer games along  with you

2. Give less information about you in your Profile:

A person who plays games not only puts his Information on risk but also the information about his friends who dont play games. because when these applications gets access from you enters your profile and enters your friends profile using yours as a door. Very less information in your profile can less the possibilities of phishing.

3.Keep Your eyes on privacy settings regularly:

The Facebook guys would change their privacy policies and settings regularly. so keep an eye on it change your privacy settings accordingly. Make sure that you also decide who cann access your profile datas and who cant.

4. Make sure that you have a web browser protected with antivirus and spyware.

These are the few things to keep you safe from exploits..