An upbeat post on your Twitter account about your very first pet may seem innocent enough, but freely sharing this information online can be more dangerous than you think.

Security questions, an extra barrier many organizations use to keep your belongings safe, are often personal details that only you would know. By making this information publicly available, even without the mention of security questions, hackers can collect it and try breaking into any one of your accounts - the most problematic being your bank account.

The most recent incident involving the sharing of possible security question information was a viral Facebook post about different concerts the poster had attended in the past. Though the creator of this post had good intentions, the information it revealed could have been a goldmine for skilled online hackers.

If you often answer personal questions on an open social media platform, consider visiting your settings page and hiding these posts from everyone who isn’t one of your followers. If you’d prefer to keep this information public, change the answers to your security questions to something nonsensical or inaccurate. A series of numbers or an arbitrary word can keep hackers out almost completely.

Being this cautious may seem unnecessary, but those who go to greater lengths to protect their property will encounter fewer problems in the future.