With the growing popularity of social media, few people stop and actually think about what happens to their information once they press the "post" button. The biggest problem being faced by Americans today is that due to our posting obsession, is that we are putting ourselves as well as our American soldiers' lives at risk by giving out too much information on social media sites (SMS). Soldiers, spouses, and family members post what they believe to be innocuous information about the location of military personnel overseas and end up giving enemy military organizations all the necessary information to plan an ambush. Our military personnel are not the only one at risk. Terrorists and other political or military enemies are not the only ones cruising the internet looking for potential targets. Local criminal frequently use the location function on SMS to determine the best time to break into and rob a house. So know what you are posting as well as who can view your posts in order to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.
Campbell, M. (2011). NetThreats: Knowing the dos and don'ts of posting on social media. U.S. Department of Defense Information/FIND.Retrieved from http://proquest.umi.com/pdqweb?did=23286213
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