Using those cool little applications designed to enhance social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook can make personal information as public as posting it on a billboard.Trouble is, most students (and educators) never have a clue
It is all too easy to think we are "safe". The reality is that unless we are a "techno-geek" we just don't know what we don't know!" The adage of "buyer beware" strikes the same chord.
But that's not true if they use applications. On Facebook, for instance, applications can be downloaded only if a user checks a box allowing the application's developers to "know who I am and access my information," which means everything on a profile, except contact information.
It is all too easy to think we are "safe". The reality is that unless we are a "techno-geek" we just don't know what we don't know!" The adage of "buyer beware" strikes the same chord.
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