I use social media everyday. My family and friends use social media every day. Many of my colleagues use social media everyday. The point is nearly everyone uses some type of social media, to one degree or another, on a daily basis. That does not mean, however, it is without risk.
Unfortunately for Facebook, they are once again garnering the lion's share of attention surrounding information security and privacy concerns around social media.
According to Yahoo! News, "Security concerns over Facebook have been raised yet again after a security consultant collected the names and profile URLs for 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. The consultant, Ron Bowes, then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer connection to download the data."
As always, be mindful of your security and privacy settings regardless of which social media you use.
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