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Social networking websites and personal info
Posted: Aug 22, 2011
A friend and I was having a conversation last night about the personal information people put out on these social websites. She read on another friends wall that her husband was in the hospital and gave the room number, name of hospital and telephone number. She was telling me why would someone post that kind of information for all to see. She was saying you don't have to be a PI to track down these people with all the information they give out. People don't use their noggin whatsoever.
Why would she want the world to know that? - Stupid
[ In Reply To ..]I am careful what I put out there. For instance, I would never put my birthday or birthdate on FB, nor would I announce that we are going to be out of town . I will however post pics and tell about my trip when I return.
I never put anything personal there that I would not want anyone to know. If all can't know, then none do.
If I were in the hosptital, I would not care if people knew that or my room #. This HIPPA stuff has gotten ridiculous IMHO.
identity theft and social networking - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I am always astounded at the personal information people disclose. Every time you fill out a survey, a warranty card, sign up for a service like Netflix or Pandora, sign up for a store loyalty card, send for a free sample, buy something online, talk about your business on Facebook, give out your birthday, phone #, email address, etc. you are adding to an online data base on information that creates a profile of who you are.
You know those sites that people are so surprised to find out about where you can put in your name and it will tell you your address, income level, the value of your house, your education level, etc? And a lot of it is wrong? How do you think they gathered that info? From surveys and warranty cards and all the other stuff you answered thinking it was innocent info that wouldn't go beyond the company that asked for it.
The more you know about data mining, the more cautious you'll be. Even if you never buy anything online or never pay your bills or bank online, the companies you deal with will enter your payments, etc into their data bases and sometimes they sell it or it gets hacked. You can't avoid all of it, you just have to be careful and try to keep as much private as you can.
Sites like Netflix and Pandora, for example, are a double edged sword. It's great that they track your preferences so they can make reasonably accurate predictions for you of what you'll like. On the other hand, that data adds to the online profile of who you are. Not that it's very likely, but if someone with good computer skills and a larcenous intent wanted to, they could find out more about you than your mother knows and completely steal your identity and really damage your life.
Ditto .. They are watching us closely - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Open another browser window and visit few travel sites or shopping sites (atleast for 15-30 minutes) and then go back to MTStars or any other site. You will be seeing Google Ads there related to those industries, not related to MT.
They are not just logging your personal info but also your interests and behaviors, this what they say 'behavioral targeting'.
saw that happen with someone too - it doesn't compute
[ In Reply To ..]I read about a woman in Canada who was claiming to be unable to work, but when she got back from a Caribbean vacay posted pictures of herself smiling and frolicing. The disability company promptly closed her file and refused to pay her anymore.
A friend of someone I used to date had the same thing happen to her as your friend - admitted to the hospital and all her information given out by her twin sister on FB. I would think they could use the mass email feature to share those details or limit who can read the wall to just friends.
I just let my daughter get a FB page - sm - XXX
[ In Reply To ..]as she just turned 13. I would not let her put up any personal info like B-day, address, phone #, etc., limited it so only friends or FOF could find her as well and if not her friend they could not see anything but her name basically. But on Thursday she wanted to tell everyone we were going to the beach for the weekend. I was like, NO you don't, afterward we get back fine, but not before. I set all her settings to friends only for her posts (and she is only allowed to friend people she actually knows) but a friend can tell anyone in a matter of seconds (texting, email or actually call) and houses can be burglerized and I know FB is the biggest tool for burglers around. Though our phone is unlisted, etc, I am sure some local kid could figure out where we lived if he tried hard enough. We don't have a lot of crime where we are, petty burglery is pretty much about it, but not about to flash to her little world of friends (15 or so) that we were going out of town. Just not too bright. But she is learning still and always checks with me first so that is good.
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