This is a great article about the dangers of social networking. I’ll agree, it’s fun and I enjoy making connections with people I haven’t seen in years. It is, however, a risk.
Post a birthday here, a mother’s name there, place of birth on another site…pretty soon you’ve given out all the information needed to steal your identity as soon as someone connects all the dots. Even worse, many parents have already done it for their kids also.
Source: Identity theft a growing menace to social networkers – The Irish Times – Fri, Oct 23, 2009.
