What Your Facebook Profile May Be Telling ID Thieves - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

el presidente · #1 01-11-2011, 06:59 AM

This article is right on the money!

Seemingly harmless information can help ID thieves unlock key to your identity.

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/111722/what-your-facebook-profile-may-be-telling-id-thieves?mod=series-m-article-a

layback40 · #2 07-13-2011, 09:50 PM

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MTI · #3 07-13-2011, 10:42 PM

Irony = addictive nature of internet being discussed by a guy with over 3K posts on this forum.

KarTek · #4 07-13-2011, 10:47 PM

By a guy with over 5000 posts!

MTI · #5 07-13-2011, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KarTek

By a guy with over 5000 posts!

Yup, but I'm not the one denying it.

catmandoo62 · #6 07-14-2011, 08:12 AM

whats facebook??

Local2ED · #7 07-14-2011, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by catmandoo62

whats facebook??

X2

You just have to be a complete moron to post any personel info on the internet.

I especially like the ones that talk of upcoming vacations and come home to find they have been robbed.

layback40 · #8 07-14-2011, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Local2ED

X2

You just have to be a complete moron to post any personel info on the internet.

I especially like the ones that talk of upcoming vacations and come home to find they have been robbed.

So true,
or like these kids that post all sorts of pics of them on the net.
Cant wait to see them come back & haunt them 20 years later when they are trying to be the perfect leader with no past !!

spdrun · #9 07-15-2011, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Local2ED

X2

You just have to be a complete moron to post any personel info on the internet.

I especially like the ones that talk of upcoming vacations and come home to find they have been robbed.

I post about my upcoming vacations. I don't post that I'm subletting my apartment to a black-belt judoka who owns an ill-tempered pit bull while I'm away.

Anyway, I'm not going to be paranoid. If someone wants to find my DOB, there are people-search sites. If someone wants to find out my address, there's the city tax office website that has everyone's property ownership info online. (My name isn't exactly common.)

kerry · #10 07-15-2011, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Local2ED

X2

You just have to be a complete moron to post any personel info on the internet.

I especially like the ones that talk of upcoming vacations and come home to find they have been robbed.

Must not be a Facebook user. Those kind of posts are typically only visible to your friends.

spdrun · #11 07-15-2011, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kerry

Must not be a Facebook user. Those kind of posts are typically only visible to your friends.

I have no trust in Facebook's privacy settings, so I keep my profile 100% open. If it shouldn't be public, it's not posted there. End 'o story.

Stretch · #12 07-15-2011, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kerry

Must not be a Facebook user. Those kind of posts are typically only visible to your friends.

In principle if you've set up the "security" correctly. But even if you have, I bet if you knew what you were doing and say worked for the modern day version of Magnum PI you'd be hacking facebook everyday to find out where that moron buried the body...

layback40 · #13 07-15-2011, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Army

In principle if you've set up the "security" correctly. But even if you have, I bet if you knew what you were doing and say worked for the modern day version of Magnum PI you'd be hacking facebook everyday to find out where that moron buried the body...

Or if you were a smart 15 year old, FB security would be a minor challenge to you.
Given they now have programs for hacking pass words that are readily available, there is no such thing as internet security.
The best way is to have a bogus FB account so hackers dont find you when they go looking.
My dogs have a FB page !! I dont.