PC: Fox 11 Online
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — It’s time to prune your social media friends lists.
Wisconsin Consumer Protection wants you to be careful about who is seeing your social media activities.
Administrator Michelle Reinen says crooks have been using people’s videos to craft elaborate scams against their loved ones.
“And what we’ve learned is it can just be as little as three seconds of your voice being cloned online,” said Reinen.
She also says you don’t need to post when you’re going to be away on vacation.
“If you post that you have this upcoming vacation a few weeks later, well, you’ve set yourself up to have an opportunity to have things stolen from you because people know that you’re not in your home,” said Reinen.
Reinen says you should do a sweep of your friends list to make sure you know everyone on there, and make sure only they can see your posts.
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