Much of the media in the past few days has focussed on how much access app developers have to your personal data, should you choose to put this in your profile. Here is a selection of these articles:
The essence of all this is as pointed out in The Telegraph:”According to Sophos, Facebook is already plagued by rogue applications which solely exist to post spam links to users’ walls, point users to survey scams that earn them commission – and sometimes even trick users into handing over their mobile numbers to sign them up for a premium rate service.”
However, if users don’t take care of their data, the malevolent side of human nature will always try and take advantage. However if yoiu really want to be scared, have a listen to The BBC Today show piece on the Stuxnet virus that attacked Iran’s nuclear programme.
Now they are talking about cyber-weapons rather than just plain old viruses. Now do you want to try and protect your data?
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