The computer industry is a strange place. I remember back in the day where memory was so expensive we were taught to write our code to use cryptic variables and short hand names so it could run faster, and store less. Ultimately this led to the y2k problem - so now everyone is encouraged to store just what you need - not more. Likewise, years ago privacy professionals were advising to put as little as possible online. By not sharing anything, then the baddies couldn't steal it - right? sort of.
With the rise in web identity theft - officials are now advising people to *join* the social networking boards before the baddies do it pretending to be them! (huh?) I've heard how HR departments are now using LinkedIn almost exclusively to check up on potential new hires - but really - who believes the 'myspace' profile when it comes to jobs or banking?
you read - you decide!
Web identity hijacking on the rise - vnunet.com
Monday, February 2, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment