Earlier this week I met up briefly with JP Rangaswami, managing director of BT Design.
and a former CIO of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
He was speaking at a Computer Weekly event on social networking. JP made a good point about the likes of Facebook that I'd like to share here.
He said that social networking on a website is no different to a conversation people have by the water cooler, or for that matter, down the pub, or outside when they are having a ciggie break. Now you can't stop people talking, so why are we so afraid of them using Facebook?
I think security companies grabbing headlines with horror stories of social networking misuse are missing the point.
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Yes, but the difference with the conversation by a water cooler is that your colleagues, even the nosey ones, are the only ones listening. Even at your local pub, a stranger might raise an eyebrow on overhearing something, but we are still only talking about a few people.
Posting personal information on a social networking site is like putting an article in a local newspaper and then finding every newspaper - worldwide - also featured the article. Even if it were free to do so, you wouldn't advertise personally identifiable information in that way - and you would be shocked if you discovered that it had happened.
Posted by Daz Salt | August 15, 2008 12:26 PM
Posted on August 15, 2008 12:26