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Old 8th August 2009 | 09:05
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brockenspectre

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Good morning all

I rarely post in this esteemed Forum and hope that my question isn't one that has already been asked. Mods, I have searched for thread titles containing "Facebook" and "T w itt er" and no results were returned so... if there is already a thread please feel free to add my post to it!!

I am not a billy-no-mates but I cherish the friends I have and am not in the business of promoting myself on the internet ... HOWEVER ... even I am increasingly being asked why I am not at least on Facebook or T w itt er, and when I mutter about security concerns folks look amazed.

I am sure that I have read about Facebook being hacked and many personal details taken - am I dreaming this?

Of course I am aware that a lot of my personal information is already "out there" but to the best of my ability I have only ever provided non-public-domain information about myself to sites I have some faith in.

My question then is, very simply, how secure are websites like Facebook, T w itt er etc?

yours, trying not to be an internet Luddite,

brockie!!


P.S. I typed T w itt er without the spaces but got ******* hence the odd layout!
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