People who use social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are not known for their reticence — many put just about any personal information imaginable out there. The risks to such openness are clear — from inviting tailored phishing attacks to appalling potential employers with one’s late-night party habits — but many users who are tech-savvy appear willing to brave them. The risks they don’t know about though, however, are a different matter.
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Creepy Ways Your Social Media Data Can Be Used
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 21, 2010 05:00 AMPeople who use social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are not known for their reticence — many put just about any personal information imaginable out there. The risks to such openness are clear — from inviting tailored phishing attacks to appalling potential employers with one’s late-night party habits — but many users who are tech-savvy appear willing to brave them. The risks they don’t know about though, however, are a different matter.