People are sharing so much on social networks, new services on these sites look appealing and it is human nature to try them according to The New York Times Yesterday :
"This is all part of one big trend: People are becoming more relaxed about privacy, having come to recognize that publicizing little pieces of information about themselves can result in serendipitous conversations — and little jolts of ego gratification."
But no one on social networking sites expected to have their credit card numbers publicised. Except that is what happened this week — or at least what was discovered this week.
Many people are quite rightly wary of sharing intimate information online because they are not sure how it will be handled, users assume they are secure. The 'Blippy' story highlights how the data protection laws have not yet started protecting our transactions on line and online services are not implementing effective online security.
http://econsultancy.com/blog/5802-bippy-publishes-credit-card-information-on-google
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