Social Media and its influence

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===> In 21st Century "Privacy" and #Itsecurity" are also part of Education! <===

If you're careless about what applications you allow to access your Twitter account, don't be surprised if you find the bad guys are spamming tweets out in your name without your permission.

Here's just a small sample of the messages we saw earlier today, claiming to link to free iPhone 4 offers or tools to help you find out who had unfollowed your Twitter account.

Some of the messages posted from innocent users' Twitter accounts have claimed that it's easy to get your hands on a free iPhone 4:

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"For parents trying to raise kids and give them the technology to be successful, yet also protect them, there's a sense that no one's there to tell folks what steps to take," said Marian Merritt, Internet safety advocate at Symantec.

But laying the responsibility for teaching digital citizenship solely at families' feet would be a mistake, Warren said. "It also has to be a part of ongoing education," she added, noting that kids as young as 2 now commonly use smartphones and other technological devices.

"I hope schools are distributing information and educating (families), ===> but ultimately, parents have a huge role to play (in the process)." <===

I call on our Congress to do something useful for a change.

Pass a law making it illegal to demand access to any personal login credentials for any online account.

Photos posted on social media sites like Facebook that are geotagged - marked with a location - put soldiers and their families in danger the US Army warns.

Facebook login credentials could be lifted from smartphones because the site is not encrypting the sensitive data on iOS and Android devices.

Twitter has taken its Tweetdeck app offline after an apparent bug has possibly given some Tweetdeck users access to others' accounts.

I always look at security reports with skepticism. It's too easy to spin the numbers and motives in ways that distort the true meaning of what's been found.

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