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Tags: computer software, personal technology, twitter and facebook are vulnerable to hacker
 I've been going over the feeds that I put up on my Twitter account and read some pretty disturbing news about Facebook. No, it's not some obscene scandal about the social networking website but some food for thought no less. It might be a sign of the times, but I'll let you decide when you take a look at what my link led to. It doesn't seem unusual to encounter a careless or for this matter, a very unintelligent person, but there are people like that. And I'm not talking about criminals. People today are pretty engrossed with the internet. The internet itself isn't a bad entity, but again, it is the fine people of the earth who have turned something with so much good potential into something perverted.
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I'm talking about our addiction to places like Facebook or Twitter. Just like a lot of things in life that might be very simple, some of us tend to draw out the worst of things. I go on Facebook and Twitter myself and to be honest, I find myself browsing too long. I'm not necessarily active with updating my status or posting some of the outrageous things I might find on the web, but I think I spend too much time chatting and looking over tweets of some friends and even those that are complete strangers to me. Let's take an example from the burglar who was caught.
I guess he probably thought: "Hey, I'm already here. I might as well update my Facebook account." If any of us are anywhere near a computer, we might have the same compulsion. It might not be as horribly inappropriate as that but we don't want to miss the chance to tweet or check up on our new updates. Moderation is something that we need to put into all our hobbies and interests. If we don't learn to control ourselves on the net, we could very well fall prey to the dangers on the web that take advantage of our click happy tendencies. Even on Facebook, we might fall victim to several kinds of malware or even fraud just by giving away information that we should have kept safe. It doesn't help that it’s vulnerable to hackers that want to take advantage of the users who just want to have some nice clean fun. So if you find applications that ask for your mobile phone number or credit card information in a situation that it should be unnecessary, get suspicious. Someone is probably phishing for your information. Even in the sites that seem safe, you still need to fuss about internet security.
About the author
Jego Goldstein is a successful Computer Analyst who has been testing and developing software for many years. Learn how to master Microsoft Excel with this VIDEO COURSE . Click here for more information about Easy Excel Basics.
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