- -You can't trust everyone on the internet, even furs. The forum is meant to be a safe place but we get new people fairly regularly and it's not possible to check everyone out. It is important to bear this in mind as furs have committed crimes from theft (and that fur was also head of security for Morphicon) to conspiracy to commit murder.
-Do not give out your real name, photo, telephone number or address until you can be confident that the person can be trusted. That will mean different things to different people but I'd consider important indicators to be how long you've chatted on-line and if other people on the forum have met or trust them. Ideally I'd suggest not giving anyone any of that information unless absolutely necessary.
-Similarly to the above guideline do not post personal information on the public areas of the forum. To protect users both from spam and their privacy only post personal information in the areas that are accessible to members only, the yiffy forum and regional section, but remember that anyone can join and can then see what you have posted.
-I'd also advise separating your furry identity from your real identity as far as possible. This has nothing to do with being ashamed about being a fur but because you don't want to give a random fur your Facebook information and then find out that s/he was a troll and now knows where you live and work.
-If you're meeting someone from the forum, or anywhere on-line, don't go alone, meet in a public place and let someone know where you are going.
This isn't intended to create distrust or to make you exclude new people but to remind you to be cautious about strangers. We want the members of the forum to be safe but there is only so much that we can do, you need to help take responsibility for your own protection.