SOCIAL NETWORK USERS ARE LEAVING THEMSELVES OPEN TO FRAUD
A study from web security advisory group found that one in four people using social networking sites have posted confidential or personal information on their online profile, making them vulnerable to identify fraud.
The research also found that 13 percent of social networkers have posted information photos of other people online without their consent.
Those using wireless networks are not securing their data adequately, with fingers showing 7.8 million people in the U.K have unsecured internet access.
An article from pcworld.com ( report refuse claims of social networking dangers)
A study released y the National School Boards Association debunks the common assumption that MySpace and other social networking sites are breeding grounds for sexual predators seeking to harm students.
The study, which surveyed students between the ages of 9 and 17, parents and school district leaders, found that only 0.08 percent of the more than 1,200 students surveyed had actually met with someone in person that they had encountered online.
4 percent of students said they have had conversations on a social network that made them uncomfortable.
Less than 3 percent of students said that unwelcome strangers have tried repeatedly o communicate with them and 2 percent reported that a stranger they met online tried to meet them in person.
School district leaders seem to believe that negative experiences with social networking are more common than students and parents report.
A study from web security advisory group found that one in four people using social networking sites have posted confidential or personal information on their online profile, making them vulnerable to identify fraud.
The research also found that 13 percent of social networkers have posted information photos of other people online without their consent.
Those using wireless networks are not securing their data adequately, with fingers showing 7.8 million people in the U.K have unsecured internet access.
An article from pcworld.com ( report refuse claims of social networking dangers)
A study released y the National School Boards Association debunks the common assumption that MySpace and other social networking sites are breeding grounds for sexual predators seeking to harm students.
The study, which surveyed students between the ages of 9 and 17, parents and school district leaders, found that only 0.08 percent of the more than 1,200 students surveyed had actually met with someone in person that they had encountered online.
4 percent of students said they have had conversations on a social network that made them uncomfortable.
Less than 3 percent of students said that unwelcome strangers have tried repeatedly o communicate with them and 2 percent reported that a stranger they met online tried to meet them in person.
School district leaders seem to believe that negative experiences with social networking are more common than students and parents report.
