Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

In Figure 3-10,a 53-year-old set her social-networking site to private.

But on this “private” page, we learn much more than she imagined:

➟ Her first name is Jessica, her last name is Massing.

(Look at the URL (Web address), which ends in

j_massing.)

➟ We know what she looks like and her ethnic back-

ground. How she dresses says a lot about her socio-

economic status.

➟ We also know what city and state she lives in.

Finding her phone number and address is just a

search away. Finding articles about her in her local

newspaper or on her company Web site is just a mat-

ter of another search.

Figure 3-10

Information revealed on a ìprivate” site

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