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East Hampton Students Warned Of Social Media Dangers

Publication: The East Hampton Press
By Virginia Garrison   Dec 4, 2012 4:46 PM
Dec 5, 2012 12:43 PM
Surely this new friend is your soulmate. Miraculously, you share the same interests and concerns; this person seems to really understand who you are. The online photo shows someone attractive, sweet-looking really. What could be the harm in meeting up?

In a program on social networking at East Hampton High School on Monday, a guest speaker, Sal Lifrieri, explained how in many cases online, the people “that you are falling in lust with are not necessarily real,” whether you’re a kid or an adult using social media. Stalkers can create ghost profiles using other people’s photos, even Photoshop pieces of them, and profess to have interests and attributes tailored exactly to what their victims would like to hear.

How do they know what you’d like to hear? Whenever you post photos, profiles... more

There's nothing new in the information this guy gave students. How much did the school district pay him for this?
By bailey (51), East Hampton on Dec 7, 12 2:55 PM
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