Friday, August 24, 2012

Controversial site claims it is alerting users to the security risks of Twitter

A controversial web site that publishes twitter users home addresses online has come under fire from security experts.The site uses location information it says many people unwittingly transmit every time they send a tweet. It then matches this to their home address, even providing a Google Street View image of their home in some cases. The creators of WeKnowYourHouse.com say they are providing a service by alerting users to the location feature.
They describe the site as 'an experiment'.........
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