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Don't forget about the possibility of Path's data being stolen. Your contacts probably contain enough info for a criminal to carry outa pretty good phishing expedition, for example.


My Facebook friends list is already public. Seems like a motivated criminal already has more than enough info to carry out a phishing expedition. I've never really seen targeted, personalized phishing though, most phishing seems to be broad and generic "enter your bank info here" style.


This common travel scam relies on knowing of at least a pair of friends:

http://www.lastminutetravel.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/08/tr...

More details would probably make it work better, too.




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