A lot people bring up the argument: "Well.. duhh!! If you gave it out you deserve to get your ass burnt off!!" But that is a faulty argument. No system on the Interbuttz is fully protected from exploitation. Even federal computer systems... the most secure systems on the planet... are subject to exploitation. As security flaws are dealt with, fresh new ones arrive just as conveniently. So what you THINK is protected information on the Interbuttz is not really protected. You can set all the privacy and security settings you want, and if an individual is determined and resourceful enough, they WILL get it. For example, if you use Facebook, you are required to use real personal information. So that means that anybody who uses Facebook is open to exploitation. Is it the Facebook user's fault that someone hacked into their profile and grabbed all their personal information? No! Because on the Interbuttz, you're still you! Whether you're IRL or on the Interbuttz, you are still you. It can't be your fault for being you! And so the focus should actually shift toward the exploiter, not the exploited. The exploiter is the actual threat to the integrity of the userbase, not the exploited, and they should definitely be treated as such. To blame the exploited just to protect the exploiter is the height of complete stupidity when it comes to this issue.
