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SC Magazine – Shaken and stirred
February 03, 2009
In January’s edition of SC Magazine Ken Munro, Director of
penetration and security testing company, NCC Group SecureTest
discussed how the social networking world makes it harder for the
intelligence services to recruit a spy without a profile.
“The
UK’s intelligence agencies are worried. From schoolchildren on Bebo,
through Facebook-obsessed young professionals, to well-networked CEOs
on LinkedIn, having an online presence is a must in this day and age.
But with the explosion of social networking sites, it has become
virtually impossible to find recruits who don’t have some sort of
online trail.”
Munro concluded: “You could consider becoming
ex-directory, have yourself removed from the edited Electoral Roll,
delete any social networking profiles. And Google yourself, to see
where you pop up. Sadly, though you’ll struggle to remove yourself from
the register of births, deaths and marriages.”
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