Canada has warned it’s troops not to post personal, identifiable information on Facebook. It seems that terrorists are trying to put bits of information together and this is a threat to the soldier’s friends and families.
“Al Qaeda operatives are monitoring Facebook and other social networking sites,” the CBC quoted an internal military memo saying.
“This may seem over dramatic … (but) the information can be used to target members for further exploitation. It also opens the door for your families and friends to become potential targets as well,” it said.
So, if information can be pieced together by terrorists ducking drones, missiles, and our military, don’t you think someone not running from the “law” has the time to do the same thing…and even more thoroughly?
Filed under: Internet security, Personal Id, Social Networks, id theft, privacy
