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Fake social media ID duped security-aware IT guys
- jloughry 13y agoThere was a similar story a few years ago (2010). The fake "Robin Sage" profile hooked a number of military contractors in the Beltway area: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179507/Fake_i_femme_fatale_i_shows_social_network_risks http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179507/Fake_i_femme_... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Sage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Sage
- johnbm 13y ago"The experiment also shows that attractive women get special treatment in the male-dominated IT industry. The majority of individuals who went out of their way to help Emily Williams were men. The team actually tried a similar test in parallel with a fake male social media profile and got no useful connections." But remember, tech is biased against women and women have to work twice as hard to get the same credit. cough