Getting Sloppy With Data/Passwords

For all the talk about privacy and security, it seems that a lot of people are downright sloppy when it comes to who they provide personal information.

A couple of prime examples this week occurred where large numbers of unsuspecting or naive [people] happily handed over their usernames and passwords to a third party simply because the service looked cool.

First up was SocialMinder, which is offering a service that lets you get control of your Gmail and LinkedIn contacts. To use it, you have to hand over usernames and passwords to an unknown company offering a beta service. Even worse, SocialMinder is using the information to spam your contacts, unless you realize what they are trying to do, and opt out.

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