I originally wrote this blog post on March 7th, 2015. It seems the lines have only blurred further after I shared Police Warn: Taking Facebook Quizzes Could Get Your Identity Stolen: Your comment may seem harmless, but it’s really not. from Prevention Magazine.
Beware what you post anywhere online as you never know how a bit of a bite of data could be used to steal your identity, etc… Don’t believe me? Watch the video below and then comment on this post.
Recently I blogged about a contest database breach: Your Data is Not Safe. The sponsor sent a letter to all the entrants explaining what happened and how the breach could affect the entrant. It’s sparked a few great comments, which lead me to this blog post.
I don’t worry about entering because no one is safe online, and here’s why; if you are online, you can be a target of identity theft, contesting or not. Alessandro Acquisti explains how the line between public and private has blurred in his TED Talk; Privacy Matters.
Do you still feel safe being online?
Because of my urge (and of course those of so many others) to communicate, I stress that importance above that of theft online (just as one could stay home all the time in case of theft, but we don’t, do we?, we go out into the world, and the internet is an international world!).