http://genomeboy.com/2008/06/19/in-your-facebook/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:22:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://genomeboy.com/2008/06/19/in-your-facebook/#comment-1901 Mr. Gunn Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:43:50 +0000 http://genomeboy.com/2008/06/19/in-your-facebook/#comment-1901 Security researchers have long known that "security through obscurity" doesn't work, and there's no reason this should be any less true for personal information than for passwords. Instead of trying to hide from the net and bemoaning what little information inevitably shows up, embrace it and make sure that the information you want to show up is what shows up. Try a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=william+Gunn" rel="nofollow">search</a> for <a href="http://synthesis.williamgunn.org" rel="nofollow">William Gunn</a>, for example. Security researchers have long known that “security through obscurity” doesn’t work, and there’s no reason this should be any less true for personal information than for passwords. Instead of trying to hide from the net and bemoaning what little information inevitably shows up, embrace it and make sure that the information you want to show up is what shows up. Try a search for William Gunn, for example.

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