Comments on: Spreading FUD over Social Networking http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/09/spreading-fud-over-social-networking/ Sharing my thoughts with the world. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:58:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tyler Reguly http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/09/spreading-fud-over-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-26506 Tyler Reguly Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:03:46 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=385#comment-26506 Wow... you just called me a Facebook fanboy??? hah... not even close. Now... if you'd actually read details on what's going on... Group Name is not available on public searches... Group Name is available on Facebook internal searches, but it always has been... Wow… you just called me a Facebook fanboy??? hah… not even close.

Now… if you’d actually read details on what’s going on… Group Name is not available on public searches… Group Name is available on Facebook internal searches, but it always has been…

]]> By: Bob Bingo http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/09/spreading-fud-over-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-26433 Bob Bingo Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:13:24 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=385#comment-26433 I beg to differ, the Facebook group name kind of gives the game away... Here are some of your very own facebook friends...BTW now I understand why you posted this, admit it, as judging by the pages of friends you have (all were public searchable) you are a proper Facebook fanboy! Amanda Leigh Arthurs University of Guelph Alum '06 John Barber Sault College '09 Kiley Thompson University of Toronto Alum Queen's University Alum '07 University of Calgary Alum Michaela Reguly Korah Collegiate And Vocational School '10 Heather Kuiper McMaster Alum '06 Queen's University Alum '07 Brad Howlett UWS Alum '06 Fanshawe Alum '05 Sun Microsystems I beg to differ, the Facebook group name kind of gives the game away…

Here are some of your very own facebook friends…BTW now I understand why you posted this, admit it, as judging by the pages of friends you have (all were public searchable) you are a proper Facebook fanboy!

Amanda Leigh Arthurs
University of Guelph Alum ’06

John Barber
Sault College ’09

Kiley Thompson
University of Toronto Alum
Queen’s University Alum ’07
University of Calgary Alum

Michaela Reguly
Korah Collegiate And Vocational School ’10

Heather Kuiper
McMaster Alum ’06
Queen’s University Alum ’07

Brad Howlett
UWS Alum ’06
Fanshawe Alum ’05
Sun Microsystems

]]> By: Tyler Reguly http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/09/spreading-fud-over-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-26299 Tyler Reguly Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:54:30 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=385#comment-26299 @Bob You're wrong. It's as plain and simple as that... Facebook doesn't make your school publicly available. @Bob

You’re wrong. It’s as plain and simple as that… Facebook doesn’t make your school publicly available.

]]> By: Bob Bingo http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/09/spreading-fud-over-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-26263 Bob Bingo Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:49:17 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=385#comment-26263 I have to completely disagree with your post on this one, as I had to reset my password for my online banking site a few weeks back, one of the security questions they asked was, the name of the school I first attended, the answer to this is available on my Facebook profile, WAS available to the entire internet. PS Also I am pretty sure hardly anyone used the internet in 1995. I have to completely disagree with your post on this one, as I had to reset my password for my online banking site a few weeks back, one of the security questions they asked was, the name of the school I first attended, the answer to this is available on my Facebook profile, WAS available to the entire internet.

PS Also I am pretty sure hardly anyone used the internet in 1995.

]]> By: LonerVamp http://www.computerdefense.org/2007/09/spreading-fud-over-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-25769 LonerVamp Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:33:14 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=385#comment-25769 Definitely need to pick one's fights better. Worrying about something that is public information being, well, public information, is a losing battle. Kinda like saying usernames are hidden or sensitive information. Not really, in most cases. If nothing else, one could argue that one doesn't need to flaunt that information everywhere. You'll admittedly have an easier time forging my identity if you know my birthdate than if you didn't... But I'm not sure that's a compelling argument. There are people physically closer to one's self that are more worrisome with fraud than the random pool of an Internet social network site. Definitely need to pick one’s fights better. Worrying about something that is public information being, well, public information, is a losing battle. Kinda like saying usernames are hidden or sensitive information. Not really, in most cases.

If nothing else, one could argue that one doesn’t need to flaunt that information everywhere. You’ll admittedly have an easier time forging my identity if you know my birthdate than if you didn’t… But I’m not sure that’s a compelling argument. There are people physically closer to one’s self that are more worrisome with fraud than the random pool of an Internet social network site.

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