This is a test post. I am testing Disqus, which I’ve been meaning to install for a while.
Could you help me out by leaving a comment?
Semi-regular thoughts…
March 15, 2010
December 10, 2009
Protecting your information on Facebook
This week, security firm Sophos tested Australian Facebook users to see how many people would add an unknown to their friends list. The tests were a repeat of earlier testing in 2007, where they found 43% of people blindly accepted a friend request from a made-up account belonging to a plastic frog.
The 2009 tests showed that we still aren’t being careful on Social Networks: approximately 46% of people blindly accepted friend requests from people they didn’t know.
So why is this a problem? Because you have a lot of personal information on your Facebook profile—by friending people you don’t know you may be setting yourself up for Identity Theft.
Why you should use Disqus
As per my previous post (now full of silly comments), I have installed Disqus Comments to this blog.
Disqus (pronounced “discuss”) is a comment management system for blogging platforms (such as WordPress), which gives you and your visitors greater control over comments. There are two parts to Disqus: Disqus Comments, used by bloggers to add smart comment moderation to their blogs, and Disqus Profile, which enables commenters to track their comments on the web. (more…)