Most people are naturally inclined to provide personal details on their favorite application online without knowing that they are contributing to a database made by Snoops.
Snooping or phishing is a commonly practised white-collar 'crime' that is yet to be penalized online. Unlike libel, copyright infringement that are commonly fought for, snooping is something most surfers are oblivious to.
Say for example, by placing your personal information in facebook, you are contributing to a possibility where facebook applications will extract these information when collecting 'customer database'. This is an infringement. Your personal habits is tracked. Your activity time is recorded. And by saying 'I agree' to the irritating windows that prompted you by the facebook applications, you legalized their snooping.
When sufficient data had been collected from 'customers', these Snoops can perform a certain range of activities where they use this information to their benefits.
The usual (but not limited to):
- Providing the information to another company at a cost, e.g. Advertisement companies seeking to sell their products
- Selling the latest news
- Using security information like address, name, identity number to create fake charge cards (credit cards) for frauds, forgeries, scams
- Blackmail the person
So if you have something to lose, don't provide any personal detail over the Internet. Bogus/Alias/Half-truths is savvy.
BTW, my health condition is moving towards green now.
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i am aware of that. it's like giving your phone number to a stranger. or worse.
ReplyDeletebut heck cares.
thanks for linking me. read some of your LoL. the RL game is cool haha