In light of recent security and privacy breaches, what are your thoughts on social media and OPSEC?

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:26:19 -0400

Do you feel safe online? Can we trust companies with our private information? Congress is questioning Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook this week. We know Russia and China have been hacking us for years. How safe is our online presence even if we are set to “Private Mode” ?

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-congress-should-ask-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-2018-4

With Zuckerberg in the hot seat, here's what Congress should ask Facebook's CEO

BI PRIME: Members of Congress should press Mark Zuckerberg for the kind of details that will help them craft new privacy and other regulations.

Response by Col Joseph Lenertz made Apr 10 at 2018 8:38 AM

Col Joseph Lenertz — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:38:28 -0400

"No", "hell no", and "not safe at all." Until there are laws punishing the companies with fines MULTIPLIED by the number of people affected by a breach, they will continue to maximize profits by squeezing their own cyber security budgets. Tricare, Experian, Target, Home Depot, Facebook...it goes on and on.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 10 at 2018 9:34 AM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:34:24 -0400

It's a real concern.

At the risk of sounding hypocritical, not only "data breaches"...but the information we voluntarily release on social media (including, dare I say, RP) is of equal risk.

We live in a society that no longer values...or expects, confidentiality. We routinely share information that only two decades ago would've been considered highly private, sensitive and thus been well-guarded.

It's probably not "paranoid" to suggest that in part, this is the eventual goal of introducing such platforms at large...beyond the obvious profitability thereof.

Response by MSG Frederick Otero made Apr 10 at 2018 9:46 AM

MSG Frederick Otero — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:46:59 -0400

We really should stop thinking that as citizens privacy exist, it does not. I do hope that Opsec in the military still exist as it cost lives when it does not.

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Apr 10 at 2018 12:30 PM

SSG (ret) William Martin — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:30:47 -0400

I try to keep it simple. My personal info on a few social media site such as Facebook is either very vague, general, misleading, or slightly false for my family's protection. My number is not linked to my account either. I do have a public video library on my FB called, Rants from a Veteran which is family friendly. Service members, veterans, individuals working for the government in some capacity must be careful of what they post.