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...“American’s lack of caution in friending members of the opposite sex online is striking,” said Thomas Oscherwitz, chief privacy officer for ID Analytics, Inc.
“Friending someone online is not risk-free. Just as in the bricks-and-mortar world, it makes sense to exercise a bit of prudence. Most social networking profiles contain personal information that can be used by fraudsters, and when you friend someone, you are giving them access to this information.”...
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13 Million Americans Leave the Door Open to Identity Theft on Social Networks, ID Analytics [image courtesy]
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Fraudsters can use information in social networking profiles to build the dossiers they need to beat challenge questions and other security measures on financial accounts. The key identity elements that consumers should be careful before exposing on social networks are:
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5 comments:
nice blog, keep it up,
It is through this process of "building social authority" that social media becomes effective. That is why one of the foundational concepts in social media has become that you cannot completely control your message through social media but rather you can simply begin to participate in the "conversation" in the hopes that you can become a relevant in that conversation.
Good job !!! Very informative article.
ID theft is a big problem just like plagiarism and other kinds of copying and spoofing. Good that someone is tackling these topics. Well done
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