{"id":1364,"date":"2020-05-19T09:41:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech2.mountdesales.net\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2020-05-19T09:41:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:41:37","slug":"those-facebook-challenges-not-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1364","title":{"rendered":"Those Facebook Challenges? Not a good idea."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Games can often extract sensitive information about a person, such as their first job, their first car, or their mother\u2019s maiden name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oversharing on social media threatens your online security, warns Dan Lin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe cannot go out and socialize during this pandemic, so people are turning to social media to share what is going on with their lives,\u201d says Lin<\/a>, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and director of the I-Privacy Laboratory at the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri. \u201cBut it can be risky.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before a person decides to play along with the latest social media challenge, or post a picture of their family home, Lin says to consider the following three things:”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Games Are No Joke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beware of What You Share<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can AI boost social media security?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE:<\/a> https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/cybersecurity\/2020\/05\/those-facebook-challenges-can-expose-you-hackers\/165070\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Games can often extract sensitive information about a person, such as their first job, their first car, or their mother\u2019s maiden name. Oversharing on social media threatens your online security, warns Dan Lin. \u201cWe cannot go out and socialize during this pandemic, so people are turning to social media to share what is going on … Continue reading Those Facebook Challenges? Not a good idea.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30,520],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-more","category-security"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42ogX-m0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2075,"url":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=2075","url_meta":{"origin":1364,"position":0},"title":"Take the Phishing quiz!","author":"tech","date":"02\/01\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Over 90% of today\u2019s data breaches start with a phishing attack. 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