Social Net Info Is a Data Mine for Criminals

Author: Donald Sears
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Computer scientists and policy experts say that such seemingly
innocuous bits of self-revelation on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc. can increasingly be collected and
reassembled by computers to help create a picture of a person’s
identity, sometimes down to the Social Security number. Read the full article. [NY Times]

Computer scientists and policy experts say that such seemingly
innocuous bits of self-revelation on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc. can increasingly be collected and
reassembled by computers to help create a picture of a person’s
identity, sometimes down to the Social Security number. Read the full article. [NY Times]

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