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Submitted by Chelsea (United States), Nov 25, 2019 at 15:04

If you think that facebook messenger, whats app, viber and all that mess is secure. You may want to rethink that. Facebook is always getting hacked, whats app just got a firefighter in trouble and she did not even open the link sent her. All these guys trying to message you is not worth an investigation being opened up on you. Yes they may be good looking and yes they may seem interested in you BUT today on the net....it is not worth it. That is why I left facebook. I had a page I started in 2009 and later turned it over to another admin. Last I saw before I got off was that it had 50,000 people worldwide. Back in 2009 I had befriended people from all over the world so that I could invite them to like the page so I would not have to buy advertising for it. That is the way Mr Once Was got connected to me.

My crazy niece had befriended a man from Peshawar and sent her teenage daughter's photos to him. How crazy is that? That is why I allowed that one to friend me after decreasing my friend list from 1500 to 300. It took one year for her to realize that this was not a good idea and she was worried about her daughter. I knew if I had told her straight up to have her teen beauty to block him that she would not. She had to realize and finally did. I had told this man that I was watching him with my nieces and yes he was gorgeous. But not worth an investigation opening up. After my niece got so afraid, she was asking me questions like oh no what about my daughter who is a model and gorgeous. I said well he IS in Pakistan. Finally her daughter blocked him. I was relieved, but they do not see any girls dressed like our teens here. I left facebook right after that. I did not want him to contact me anymore. I do believe that the FBI does look at overseas communications, child porn, and human trafficking through the messaging services available. Just not worth taking a chance. Privacy used to be a virtue. Now everyone just gives away their privacy. I went back to the old ways of doing things.

Be safe online please and have a nice holiday to all.

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