Dangers of social networking
January 17, 2008
There is an interesting video entitled What does a friend of a friend of a friend need to know about you? It does a really good job of illustrating how relationships in social networks work and the dangers to personal information that can arise.
Given the privacy slant of the video, perhaps the source of the video is not so surprising- the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s blog. Showing a great understanding of the target market, the video has also been put on YouTube. A good example of effective Web 2.0 use by government.
Unfortunately, the people who really need to understand and act on this message are unlikely to do so. It’s not that these people don’t know the dangers- they just don’t act on it. And that remains a core problem of addressing the downsides of social networking and protecting people from the dangers they continue to expose themselves to.
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1. Temporary Test Blog » Blog Archive » Dangers of social networking | January 18, 2008 at 12:18 am
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Colin McKay | January 18, 2008 at 2:14 am
Thanks for noticing the video.I agree, it’s hard to reach the people who are truly unaware of the exposure they are risking.
That’s why we’re doing some serious thinking in preparation for a social marketing campaign to help move their perception and their actions.
Colin McKay
Director of Communications
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
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Loss of privacy — It’s what you do « code technology | January 19, 2008 at 5:02 am
[...] Check out this video from the Canadian Office of the Privacy Commissioner (thanks to Kumar Vikram for the [...]