As I logged on to Yahoo this morning to check my email, this little ditty was displayed front and center on my homepage.
A security consultant, Ron Bowes, collected the names and profile URLs for 171 MILLION Facebook accounts (which is a little over a third of total Facebook users), then uploaded the data as a torrent file allowing anyone with a computer connection to download the data. This article provides Q&A for those who may be concerned about their privacy and security risks.
If you’re a Facebook user, does this make you nervous? Are you likely to alter your privacy settings as a result of this data mining?
Nah, I'm not nervous nor am I going to change my behavior. I've already put it out there. Take it, sort it, do what ever you want with it.
ReplyDeleteAlready did...I've modified alot of my settings to limit availability to only Friends, but you're still at risk for theft like this. What a freak!
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Wade. I've always had my privacy settings as restrictive as possible-- and this guy just proves the point that it is necessary!
ReplyDeleteMy Facebook settings have been on tight security for quite some time - I have personally encountered some of the very strange people out there that get some kind of bizarre thrill out of this type of behavior.
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