Comments on: Online Socialising and Your Security http://www.snobs.com.au/2009/01/06/online-socialising-and-your-security/ Social Network For Opportunistic Businesswomen Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carlee Potter http://www.snobs.com.au/2009/01/06/online-socialising-and-your-security/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Carlee Potter Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:06:57 +0000 http://www.snobs.com.au/?p=953#comment-324 @Ellery - Re: sounding alarmist Yeah, I think that's definitely important. I posted a link to this story on my Facebook profile and then felt worried for a second after that I might freak out some of my friends. To pass on something that a much more technically-educated friend said to me: "There are people in the industry trying to find solutions. The best thing people can do is make the sites that they use aware that they expect better protection." It's a fair call I'd say, especially considering what's just happened to Britney and Obama. Talk about timely... http://tinyurl.com/7ms2h4 @Ellery – Re: sounding alarmist
Yeah, I think that’s definitely important. I posted a link to this story on my Facebook profile and then felt worried for a second after that I might freak out some of my friends. To pass on something that a much more technically-educated friend said to me: “There are people in the industry trying to find solutions. The best thing people can do is make the sites that they use aware that they expect better protection.”
It’s a fair call I’d say, especially considering what’s just happened to Britney and Obama. Talk about timely… http://tinyurl.com/7ms2h4

]]> By: Ellery http://www.snobs.com.au/2009/01/06/online-socialising-and-your-security/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Ellery Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:01:33 +0000 http://www.snobs.com.au/?p=953#comment-323 I'm with you Carlee...Facebook is full of dodginess... we all heard how Paris Hilton's account got hacked, other people have had their account hacked with false messages asking for emergency financial help sent to all their contacts, and I'm getting more and more spam emails that tell me someone sent me a message on facebook with a link directing me somewhere else that is definitely NOT facebook. So the number of threats you face are numerous. I think it's definitely wise to be selective / careful. (I don't want to sound alarmist, though - the FB site / service itself is pretty secure, but it's the peripheral things, like the apps and phishing for passwords) that we really need to watch.) I’m with you Carlee…Facebook is full of dodginess… we all heard how Paris Hilton’s account got hacked, other people have had their account hacked with false messages asking for emergency financial help sent to all their contacts, and I’m getting more and more spam emails that tell me someone sent me a message on facebook with a link directing me somewhere else that is definitely NOT facebook. So the number of threats you face are numerous. I think it’s definitely wise to be selective / careful.

(I don’t want to sound alarmist, though – the FB site / service itself is pretty secure, but it’s the peripheral things, like the apps and phishing for passwords) that we really need to watch.)

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