Facebook. Twitter. Flickr. Youtube.All have become household names in the past months and years. They are ways of networking, sharing photos, thoughts, and contacting Friends and the World. They are incredible.
But are we really aware of just how far a single photo on Facebook can spread?? Should we really be posting all our memories on the internet? It is called the Worldwide Web for a reason; do we really want anyone and everyone to be able to invade on our lives?
This week we heard Brad Pitt explain why he and Angelina Jolie sold photos of their New-born twins in 2008 to Hello! and People for an estimated £8.75m.
"I know some of these guys who are in that Stalkerazzi world" Pitt said "And you really have to seperate them from the Papparazzi in our industry. That's another breed."
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| Brad Pitt |
"We figured, 'Let's cut it off in the beginning', and instead of that money going to people I do not respect, we could make some good out of it."
The money is reported to have gone into the Jolie-Pitt Foundation charity.
But when every Proud mother begins posting pictures online of their newborn baby, who knows where they may end up?
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| Joan Goodchild, CSO |
Joan Goodchild, senior editor of Chief Security Officer, online helps to point out some of the Hidden Dangers.
She says that:
• Your information is being shared with third parties
• Facebook ads may contain malware
• Your real friends unknowingly make you vulnerable
• Scammers are creating fake profiles• Privacy settings revert to a less safe default mode after each redesign
This last one is particularly important, as such redesigns have taken place very recently. To put it simply, every time Facebook changes, all of your information is made public. It is important to check your settings and amend them after these design changes.
For some people, having the most friends is a key part of using Facebook. What they don't realise is that an estimated 40% of Facebook profiles are fake. If you have 500 friends, that's a potential 200 fake people.
It only takes one of your friends to be hacked, for all your information to go public, and potential viruses etc. to be sent straight to you.
Be Careful What You Post
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| Sarah Richardson |
Of course, sometimes a post doesn't have to go all the way round the World for it to end in disaster.
Sarah Richardson was stabbed to death, in a frenzied attack, by her estranged husband, after changing her Relationship Status to single.
Camille Mathurasingh was stabbed to death 20 times by her ex-boyfriend Paul Bristol, after he saw her with a new man on Facebook photos.
These events seem extreme, and indeed very rare, and seem to indicate a problem with the murderer, not Facebook. However, one British police agency recently reported the number of crimes they've responded to in the last year involving Facebook climbed 346 percent. These are real threats.
Creepy dose of new info, I suppose it's better to know about it and be a bit shaken than not know anything at all. Another great blog, this really does freak you out into listening.
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I couldn't have put it better, and I couldn't agree more. Films are beginning to lose their appeal, often with a drab and tired feel to them.
TV however is exciting and new, a whole new generation of shows and series, be it comedy, drama, documentary...
Perhaps it is a sign of our lazier society, that we would rather stay at home and snuggle up in front of the TV with a bowl of Doritos, than head on out in the rain to the Odeon...
another great piece of writing. I do have this sense of forboding that in the not too distant future this flaunting of privacy is something everyone will regret. Solid blogging and no mistake.
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