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Photo: Law professor Lori Andrews (socialnetworkconstitution.com) has written a book about Internet privacy. According to Andrews, privacy pioneer and author of the book, “I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy,” the same power of information sharing that can topple governments can also topple a person’s career, marriage, finances, or even his or her future.

70% of users don’t know that Google scans your gmail and sells the information. If you send an email to your friend, for instance, and say you’re impotent, have cancer, or want to lose weight, you’ll start receiving ads based on your confidential messages.

By posting something on Facebook and telling others that you’re in a certain bar, attending a game or on vacation, you’re also informing robbers to come steal you blind–the average home invasion robbery takes only 10 minutes!  Law professor Lori Andrews, who shared her  research for her latest book with law students taking her course, said that 50% of the class closed their Facebook accounts after learning about how their information was being used, and how it could impact their ability to land jobs.   Read more about your privacy…>