Madison Who’s Who - Wise Global Networking Practices
Madison Who’s Who:
Lately security industry leaders such as Sophos are working to protect social networkers. They are warning users of the dangers of allowing strangers to gain access to their online profiles. This comes following new research into the risks of identity and information theft occurring through social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.
While these sites can help achieve effective global networking, recent research shows that 41 percent of users will share their personal information with a complete stranger. Information such as email address, date of birth and phone number are bits of information that ID thieves love to get their slimy hands on. Freely giving strangers access to this information greatly increases a person’s susceptibility to ID theft. While there are few documented cases of ID theft occurring from social networking sites, given their popularity it won’t be long before thieves are fully exploiting them. Protect yourself by limiting the amount of personal information you divulge to strangers. The bottom line - If you’re using social media to increase your effective global networking, do it without divulging too much information about yourself.
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