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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 398984" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A couple of years ago there was a thread here discussing internet security, and a member who shall remain nameless said her child knew how to use social networking safely; the child never revealed anything personal. This board member was quite insistent that they were safe. So husband "white-hatted" her and in half an hour he had their address, the real names of everyone in the family, photos of the cars (with licence plates) and some other very personal information. If husband had been prepared to pay a few dollars he could have also got social security numbers and drivers licence numbers. In half an hour. We PM'd the information. The only reason we were not able to also post a Google Earth link with a photo of their house, is the Google Earth car had not at that time been past their house.</p><p></p><p>NEVER assume you have covered all your tracks.</p><p></p><p>husband made it clear - we are friends and would never use the information (except to send a Christmas card, now we have the address!). In most situations, revealing this information to others is not really a problem. But our situations on this site are not normal, and we can't afford to be complacent.</p><p></p><p>If your child doesn't "get" security, do what we did - get someone anonymous and far away to "white hat" you. Then show the kids. Let them know that if they offend someone online, offend the wrong person, the family could be in real danger.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 398984, member: 1991"] A couple of years ago there was a thread here discussing internet security, and a member who shall remain nameless said her child knew how to use social networking safely; the child never revealed anything personal. This board member was quite insistent that they were safe. So husband "white-hatted" her and in half an hour he had their address, the real names of everyone in the family, photos of the cars (with licence plates) and some other very personal information. If husband had been prepared to pay a few dollars he could have also got social security numbers and drivers licence numbers. In half an hour. We PM'd the information. The only reason we were not able to also post a Google Earth link with a photo of their house, is the Google Earth car had not at that time been past their house. NEVER assume you have covered all your tracks. husband made it clear - we are friends and would never use the information (except to send a Christmas card, now we have the address!). In most situations, revealing this information to others is not really a problem. But our situations on this site are not normal, and we can't afford to be complacent. If your child doesn't "get" security, do what we did - get someone anonymous and far away to "white hat" you. Then show the kids. Let them know that if they offend someone online, offend the wrong person, the family could be in real danger. Marg [/QUOTE]
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