This is scary: be careful of those “friend” requests
Posted by strom on August 21, 2007
Security vendor Sophos warns social networking users of the dangers of allowing strangers to gain access to their online profiles. In a research study, they posted a fake online user profile and found that 41% of users will divulge personal information – such as email address, date of birth and phone number – to a complete stranger, greatly increasing their susceptibility to ID theft. You can read the results of the study here.
I know that many of my “friends” on Facebook et al. include their real birthdays (or at least what appears to be their real birthdays). I routinely don’t. I also like to know who I am befriending too.
