Some scary social-networking stats

On Facebook…

  • 56 percent of users posted at least one piece of personal information that could lead to ID theft.
  • 42 percent posted their birth date with year, and 25 percent didn’t use or know about Facebook privacy controls.
  • More than 18 million people use apps, and 38 percent thought apps were secure or hadn’t thought about it.
  • Meanwhile 1.8 million computers were infected by apps.

Consumer Reports Electronics Blog

That’s Consumer Reports folks, not exactly firebrands.