Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security

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Admit it: You are currently addicted to social networking. Your drug of choice might be Facebook or Twitter, or maybe Myspace
or LinkedIn. Some of you are using all of the above, and using them hard, even IT security practitioners who know better.

While it’s impossible to escape every social networking threat out there, there are steps one can take to significantly reduce
the risks. CSOonline recently checked in with dozens of IT security professionals (ironically, using more than one social networking platform
to do so) to pinpoint seven typical security mistakes people make; and how to avoid them.