Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Social network privacy study finds identity link to cookies

Here at On-Site Technical Solutions we've been touting the benefits of Cloud computing and using social networking for busienss (especially smaller businesses). That's not going to stop because that's where the world is headed.

But that doesn't mean we can be less concerned about privacy and security in our new environments. As we become more entangled in technology, privacy concerns especially will be more significant. If not our own privacy, then that of our customers and associates.

While the article linked to below is about privacy and social networks, be sure to keep all of your technology use secure - and as private as you and your customers want it to be.

From SearchSecurity.com

Social network privacy study finds identity link to cookies

Here is the study, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and AT&T Labs Inc., discussed in the article:

On the Leakage of Personally Identifiable Information Via Online Social Networks

Update:

Electronic Frontier Foundation calls social networking privacy study alarming

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