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Beware Of Facebook Identity Thefts
It's the kind of idea you wish you'd thought of. The creator of Facebook, a man named Mark Zuckerberg, was recently listed in Forbes Magazine as the youngest self-made billionaire in history. And he won't be 24 until May 14th.
Chances are pretty good you or your kids are on his site, and you likely have your name, maybe a photo and a little personal information about yourself on your page. But what if it's a little too personal? Identity thieves troll the entries of social networking sites like Facebook, trying to glean enough facts to possibly assume your I.D. and start ruining your reputation.
And the worst part is you likely won't even be aware of it until it's too late.
That was the case for a Toronto man whose face was picked off the site. Lukasz (pictured), found his picture under a different name on a dating site after a hacker borrowed some Facebook photos from his page.
"Why would you even do that?" he pondered. "It's a cheap way of finding a date."
He was contacted when a woman who thought she was dating the real Lukasz discovered the imposter and found the real guy online.
"She's been talking to this person for the past five or six months," he added.
The frustrating part is that taking other people's photos from Facebook is as legal as it is easy. When contacted, police told Lukasz as much.
"The reason why it's not illegal is because these pictures of this individual were in the public domain on Facebook," explained Jonathan Herman, an Internet security expert.
But the bottom line, as Herman and others will attest, is that if you're going to use Facebook, at the very least take some steps to protect yourself.
Here's a look at some simple ways you can enjoy the site's many features while still protecting your most valuable possession - your own good name.
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http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_21174.aspx
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Re: Beware Of Facebook Identity Thefts
i told u not to do that, much easier to get cosmetic surgery, stop using my pic to get gals or will beat u up lolz
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Re: Beware Of Facebook Identity Thefts
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i told u not to do that, much easier to get cosmetic surgery, stop using my pic to get gals or will beat u up lolz
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wat u laughing at i caught u stealing my pic too lolz |
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