Website review: Facebook can ruin your life. And so...
HybridHen discovered this in Internet
•4 reviews since Feb 9, 2008
internet, privacy
•independent.co.uk/news/science/facebook-can-r...
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HybridHen discovered 5 months ago- From the page: "Facebook can ruin your life. And so can MySpace, Bebo..."
- Serendipity7 rated 5 months ago
- Just a little reminder to be careful what information you put out of the net..A must read..Stumbled by RavenRock
- ericthehamster rated 5 months ago
- Be afraid, be very afraid. Although much of what is stated in this intriguing and worrying article may appear obvious, it remains true that the vast majority of those using the internet for social networking purposes are too naive (or vain) to appreciate the significance of posting every minor detail of their everyday lives. This doesn't just mean the disclosure of personal information which may then be picked up by the unscrupulous for identity theft, but also those titbits of information which may be used against you by your employer or an opponent in legal proceedings. From the page: "Police, colleges and schools are monitoring MySpace and Facebook pages for what they deem to be "inappropriate" content. Online security holes and users' naivety are combining to cause privacy breaches and identity thefts. And what all this, and more, adds up to is this: online social networking can seriously damage your life."
- megsu rated 5 months ago
- From the page: "In the judicial backwater of a New Jersey federal court, a case is being heard that nominally affects two families but should also make millions of Britons think twice about something they do every day: put highly personal information on Facebook, MySpace or Bebo. An American insurance company, in defending its refusal to pay out a claim, is seeking to call in evidence personal online postings, including the contents of any MySpace or Facebook pages the litigants may have, to see if their eating disorders might have "emotional causes". And the case is far from a lone one. Suddenly, those saucy pictures and intimate confessions on social networking sites can be taken down and used in evidence against you in ways never dreamed of. In the US, a sex assault victim seeking compensation faces the prospect of her MySpace and Facebook pages being produced in court. In Texas, a driver whose car was involved in a fatal accident found his MySpace postings ("I'm not an alcoholic, I'm a drunkaholic") part of the prosecution's case. From Los Angeles to Lowestoft, thousands of social network site users have lost their jobs or failed to clinch new ones because of their pages' contents. Police, colleges and schools are monitoring MySpace and Facebook pages for what they deem to be "inappropriate" content. Online security holes and users' naivety are combining to cause privacy breaches and identity thefts. And what all this, and more, adds up to is this: online social networking can seriously damage your life."
