This article is about how most of the public is unaware of how dangerous social networking is. In this article it says that 82% of people are unaware that their email addresses can be sold publicly on the Internet. These addresses can be very helpful to professional burglars. Last month, on Facebook, they launched a new application that allows us to state our exact location at all times of the day. Over half of users would not use these services if they knew that their address could be given out publicly.
This is an important issue because it shows just how ignorant Internet users can be. Using a simple site like Facebook, Twitter, or Myspace can allow us to be searched by burglars and used against us. There are many dangers that are involved in these, as shown in previous articles, and I don't think that enough of the people who use them are aware of them.
I want to know why these websites aren't making people more aware of the dangers. I also want to know why we don't have to accept legal conditions that show that giving our email address away on the Internet can have horrible consequences (also shown in the previous articles that I have posted). These websites seem to be more corrupted with every danger discovered, and they are doing nothing to try to change it.
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