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The Dangers in Following the Crowd
When Benjamin Jun received a winter catalog in the mail from Nike with a personal URL on the cover, he didn’t realize the wealth of information that would soon be available to him online. Jun, Vice President of technology at Cryptography Research, said that once online he was able to access a database showing what [...]
April 29, 2010
Posted in: 201 RSA Conference, Benjamin Jun, Cryptography Research, Mark Zuberberg, social media 
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Be Careful Who You Know
Beyond date of birth, what other personal information are we giving away on social network sites? In a talk a few weeks ago at the 2010 RSA Conference, security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani explored some non-traditional ways social networking could be used to profile individuals. He says just by studying your social networking presence one can [...]
March 23, 2010
Posted in: Electronic Freedom Foundation, Facebook, Kevin Mitnick, Linkedin, Nitesh Dhanjani, social engineering, social media, social networks No Comments
