Warning re. Social Media

[Chuck]

When I was job hunting last year I applied for a civilian job with Sussex Police and they asked for details (including usernames and passwords!) of any social media sites, forums etc. that I was a member of so they could check them out for links to criminals etc. I didn't list them all on the form,

That's a bit much!

So in effect it DOES matter who you link to - innocent as it may seem. Amazing how many employers will check out your "status" etc on social media!

[subvers10n]

I'll stick to phoning my friends or meeting up with them for a beer I think.

You're so old skool Snayperskaya!! razz

[snayperskaya]

I'll stick to phoning my friends or meeting up with them for a beer I think.

You're so old skool Snayperskaya!! razz

I like cars with carbs and points as well!!!

[Alpha1]

Alpha1 wrote:

Sounds like a load of baloney to me. I have lots of friends on face book mainly family who live in Australia-Italy etc. People who I work with who are Indian. Japanese. Scottish. Pakistani. Lots of them are devout Muslims and there pages reflect this. I'm surprised I have not been arrested what a load of tosh.


Have you followed the link, as posted by Gaz earlier, and by me, below, Alpha? I think, before writing it off as baloney (or tosh), you should at least have the courtesy to do that much.

I did read it.

[Swamphog]

I like cars with carbs and points as well!!!

Me, too - AND cars without EGR valves! Whoever dreamed up those erratic, self-destructing and utterly pointless contraptions has a great deal to answer for . .

Jack

[Blackstuff]

I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't at least an element of truth in this. When I was job hunting last year I applied for a civilian job with Sussex Police and they asked for details (including usernames and passwords!) of any social media sites, forums etc. that I was a member of so they could check them out for links to criminals etc. I didn't list them all on the form, they didn't give me the job (largely because I would have been useless at it rather than anything to do with my 'online presence')!

I would've just said i didn't have any accounts, or told to F off, depending on how i was feeling that day With that information they could then post as you and basically do whatever they wanted! Also, as many people use the same password(s) for bank accounts, Ebay, Amazon etc etc they could've had a field day!

I did used to post shooting stuff on my Facebook account quite regularly (mainly to prove to people that i really had an excuse not to go to their little darlings birthday party/christening etc ) but i try to restrict it these days. I've also changed my security so the details non-friends can see are extremely limited. When i've looked at other shooters FB pages (who i'm not friends on FB with) i've been amazed at some of the stuff they put on there, including a senior police officer, solicitor and other people that 'should know better'.

[bigfathairybiker]

Why should I hide a perfectly legal hobby from my friends?
Hiding it just makes it look like a hobby that shouldnt be allowed.
Why give in to the very people who want to make our hobby socially unacceptable to the point where they can then bring our hobby to an end.

Mark

[Sim G]

Because there are some people, who even though I trust them implicitly with a gun, they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a keyboard and an ISP....

[Blackstuff]

I don't hide it from my friends, in fact if my name is almost interchangeable with gun/shooting amongst my mates (and yes @r$ehole as well before you write that Saddler ), its the 'friends of friends' and other people i don't know who may be of 'questionable character', that i don't want knowing what i've got in my house.

While you can tighten up your online security using the settings on FB, FB itself seems to like to regularly change these and its not until someone notices and spreads the word that you get the opportunity to reinstate the security. Plus i don't think it would take much work to break/circumvent FB security measures any way.

[Mitch308]

I like cars with carbs and points as well!!!

Me, too - AND cars without EGR valves! Whoever dreamed up those erratic, self-destructing and utterly pointless contraptions has a great deal to answer for . .

Jack

I agree, fecking things,I had to drive 100 miles home at 40mph because the poxy EGR valve got clogged up and put the car in safe mode, .