{"id":646,"date":"2017-02-08T08:31:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/?p=646"},"modified":"2019-12-02T05:35:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T10:35:51","slug":"social-media-security-beware-the-urge-to-over-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/?p=646","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Security: Beware the urge to \u201cover-share\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Story and Video is copied from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtnh.com\/news\/social-media-security-beware-the-urge-to-over-share\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wtnh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WEST HAVEN, Conn (WTNH)\u2013Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and and Tumblr. The more you post, the more exposed and vulnerable you can become.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people, they put their whole life online,\u201d said Frank Breitinger an assistant Professor at the University of New Haven. \u201cIt is dangerous, you should really rethink information you put out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Take the most popular posts\u2013pictures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoldmine, absolute goldmine. I can find absolutely everything and anything about that person the more they post,\u201d said Robert Schmicker with the UNH cyber forensics lab.<\/p>\n<p>News 8 asked the cyber forensic team to dig into data from posts from social media services like Tumblr.<\/p>\n<p>What they found was startling.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at random people posting pictures, they were able to find the locations of where the picture was taken.\u00a0Data embedded in the photos provides an exact\u00a0geographical location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can see this is where she lives here \u2026she works over here, she goes to school down over here,\u201d said Schmicker.<\/p>\n<p>They can track exact locations, like your home, apartment or workplace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDown to 30 feet we can figure out where they are,\u201d said Schmicker.<\/p>\n<p>We snapped a few selfies.<\/p>\n<p>In the studio, out to lunch and while on assignment in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Just from the posts they can map a persons movements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this information we were able to find in about half an hour,\u201d said Schmicker.<\/p>\n<p>There is more, many don\u2019t think about what is \u201cin\u201d those pictures they post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore pictures of herself, but then more importantly, because she likes her car so much we were able to figure out her license plate number and from that her vin number, the make of the car and more information,\u2019 said Schmicker.<\/p>\n<p>Cuddly pets. Cute kids.<\/p>\n<p>All indicators that can lead crooks to possible passwords.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an ugly ending.<\/p>\n<p>Identity theft, financial fraud and cleaned out bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink of the security questions that they have. When I had to open my bank account, I had to answers three questions. The street where I grew up, name of best friend\u2026support of your soccer team. All these kinds of questions. I\u2019M pretty positive I can answer 95 percent of those questions by looking at your FB profile\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How can you protect yourself?<\/p>\n<p>The Cyber Forensic team at the University of New Haven has a few tips.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think twice before you post. How important is it?<\/li>\n<li>Change your privacy settings, make sure you know \u201cwho\u201d can access your information.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t accept friend requests from people you do not know.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story and Video is copied from\u00a0wtnh.com. WEST HAVEN, Conn (WTNH)\u2013Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and and Tumblr. The more you post, the more exposed and vulnerable you can become. \u201cA lot of people, they put their whole life online,\u201d said Frank Breitinger an assistant Professor at the University of New Haven. \u201cIt is dangerous, you should really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-interview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":969,"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbreitinger.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}