Never did I foresee that my grade-school classmates would be just a click away. With the power of social networking and the internet, networked computers have allowed the world to connect to each other and share photos, videos, updates and more with each other. We are able to connect with family, friends, and acquaintances, close and distant. When I graduated from high-school in 1998, I expected that most of my classmates were going to be distant and possibly unreachable. Facebook and other social networking sites have allowed me to connect to distant relatives and friends throughout my life. My wife has even connected with teachers, early classmates, and friends from Puerto Rico. Thankfully, distance is no longer a reason to be disconnected to the ones that you know and love.With so much social networking and net openness, comes an increased need for safety and security. So much of our lives are now publicly accessible on the internet. Even though social networking sites and such promote and offer safety and security, by default your social profiles and information is public. Information aggregators, such as www.Spokeo.com, gather information from multiple publicly accessible websites, even public records such as county records and home purchases. As users and inhabitants of social networking, we must always keep security in mind when using not only the internet, but more importantly any Web 2.0 technologies.
URL Reference: SPOKEO.COM
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