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From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, for About.com

Dangers of Social Networking

Friday November 9, 2007
Do you have a MySpace profile? Have you ever searched for items to buy on Craiglist? Do you share or view photos on sites like Flickr? It is almost a certainty that you do one of the above or something close to it. Social networking is huge and growing bigger. It provides a number of benefits and advantages for users, but sexual predators and scam artists have also discovered that these social networks can be exploited to locate new victims. Read my article to learn more about the risks and some steps you can take to protect yourself and use these sites safely. Predators on Social Networks

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