The Psychology of Personal Information Sharing
by Sabina Datcu, on 08.02.2012
Social Networking is this century’s ideal communication environment, offering a range of opportunities for sharing personal information and getting in contact with other users. According its own statistics, Facebook had more than 750 million active users worldwide in 2011, meaning that 1 in every 9 people on Earth is using this network. Twitter has also gained momentum as a communication medium: in June 2011, there was an average of 200 million Tweets per day, and the number is continuously increasing. read more
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Bitdefender Labs -
Catalin Cosoi
Chief Security Researcher -
George Lucian Petre
Product Manager - Social Media Security -
Ligia Adam
Security Evangelist and Social Media Professional -
Sabina Datcu
Sabina Datcu, PhD has background training in Applied Informatics and Statistics, Biology and Foreign Languages and Literatures.
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