[Visual Alliance Media] Anthony Weiner and the Importance of Social Media Security
Celebrities and Politicians are popular targets for online hacking and smear campaigns, but sometimes the “hack” involves less code-cracking and more forgetting basic online safety precautions. The unfolding story of WeinerGate is a key example of this.
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A routine security bug isn’t a big enough story for most of the media, however, leading papers like the New York Times to instead focus on the fact that smart, attractive women tended to follow and be followed by Rep. Weiner (a much juicier story that you’ll have to search out because I won’t link to it). But readers here should take the real lesson from this: with so many social media services offering an “email to post” type feature, you must remain vigilant about not sharing that email address with others. It’s as good as a password, and a wayward click could allow anyone a backdoor into your accounts.
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lulamaegolightly reblogged this from crystalsocialmedia and added:
I wrote this last night for my social media side gig, partly for blackbird. It’s a lot more technology bent than Weiner...
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