AdamH.us

I got this article in my маси и столовеWorldStart newsletter tonight.  And it clearly explains yet another reason I will never ever join a social networking site such as Facebook, MySpace, etc.

Social media data harvesting

It seems like everything on the internet these days is "social". Social media web sites like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter allow you to share interests, opinions, pictures and many other personal things with your friends on the Internet. While sharing these things with friends is what these sites are made for, it’s not just friends that can view your personal information.

Social media harvesting is a new way of stealing identities on the internet. Data harvesters collect your personal data from many locations on the Internet and combine it. With all of this data combined, they can identify enough about you to steal your identity. Here’s an example.

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A couple quotes from last week… One is actually from the week before last…

From NCIS: Los Angeles

“More often than not online social networking communities are a pathetic attempt to fulfill the needs of the inter-socially challenged.” — Nate

From Numb3rs

Granger: Speaking of which, have you given any thought to our last conversation?

Sinclair: You mean about me signing up for Twitter?

Granger: Yeah.

Sinclair: Hell yes and the answer is still hell no.

Granger: I’m just sayin’ man, if I’m at a bar havin’ a few beers and havin’ a good time I tweet. You read it and come over and join me.

Sinclair: Dude, if you want to have a drink, you just call me. You tweeting me… ech.. I don’t even like the way that sounds.

My sentiments exactly.

No, I’m not on Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, MySpace or any of those… And I never will be… So don’t ask.

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