Large-scale Public Social Networking Websites are Long-term Risks to User Safety
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Large-scale social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace are long-term threats to users safety. I love social networking…don’t get me wrong, this is not an Orwellian conspiracy theory – I just see a lot of potential dangers to personal safety and violations of privacy – which would be totally fine if users knew what they were getting themselves into…but not fine at all when they don’t realize what is out there.
In a nutshell: As a user of social networking websites you make available information that will likely be used by businesses for their own revenue-driven interests – the same information can also be used by malicious parties to cause harm to you. The information you provide comes in the form of status updates, photos, contact information, and location data. This information is already being exploited to establish your user profile – not the profile that your friends see on the web…but a user profile that is more like a target profile – as in marketing target.
The scary part is when my information falls into the hands of malicious people…hackers, thieves, sex offenders, murderers, and con men....
Read on @ Machetemag - http://www.machetemag.com/large-scale-public-social-networking-websites-are-long...
In a nutshell: As a user of social networking websites you make available information that will likely be used by businesses for their own revenue-driven interests – the same information can also be used by malicious parties to cause harm to you. The information you provide comes in the form of status updates, photos, contact information, and location data. This information is already being exploited to establish your user profile – not the profile that your friends see on the web…but a user profile that is more like a target profile – as in marketing target.
The scary part is when my information falls into the hands of malicious people…hackers, thieves, sex offenders, murderers, and con men....
Read on @ Machetemag - http://www.machetemag.com/large-scale-public-social-networking-websites-are-long...
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