Predators and cyberattacks, ID theft on Facebook

Most of you know that I'm ever vigilant to keep our youth safe on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, so I was really intrigued by a couple of articles (which I digg'ed) on predators and cyberattacks, ID theft on Facebook.

What really had me floored was the following statement: "In a "thought experiment" the two conducted in the United States before visiting Australia, Howard said they managed to acquire enough information on one young user to steal her identity. "We pulled down one person's name--in this instance, a female--and everything she put out there," Howard said. "In 15 minutes of doing Google searches, we were able to collect enough information to steal her identity.""

So to continue to sound like a broken record, we must be careful how much personal information we release on these sites as well as who we allow to see our information.

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