https://rossdawson.com/social_networks_3/ Keynote speaker | Futurist | Strategy advisor Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://rossdawson.com/social_networks_3/#comment-332 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:32:27 +0000 http://rd.wpram.com/?p=520#comment-332 Nathanael, I may have missed something, but as far as I can see the government Stay Smart Online https://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/ guidelines are pretty balanced – they certainly don’t say don’t use social networks. I think that the broadest possible awareness of online risks in fact makes uptake likely to be faster. The reality is that there are a variety of risks in doing just about anything online, and concerns such as identify theft are real. Better that people understand this, so there are fewer problems. I agree that the benefits of social networks should be up-played, but then again most people can work it out for themselves, I’d hope :-)
In a similar vein, I was rather surprised to see that the mailer that Howard sent to every Australian household about e-security a year or two ago was actually very balanced, and wasn’t scaremongering. As such, it probably was positive in helping uptake.

]]> https://rossdawson.com/social_networks_3/#comment-331 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:38:04 +0000 http://rd.wpram.com/?p=520#comment-331 Sounds like you would share my disappointment in Senator Conroy’s comments today (launching National E-Security Awareness Week) about the security of social networking sites … specifically mentioning LinkedIn amongst others and the risks of phishing scams. Yes there are security risks – but why not a single mention of the huge benefits of adopting new technology such as social networking. It was made out to sound like it’s a massive risk to put personal information online out in the open and engage in online interaction. Very disappointing.

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