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Are you a flasher or a concealer?

Announcement posted by Sophos 24 Oct 2012

MEDIA UPDATE

Are you a flasher or a concealer?

By all means, flash in the office. But don't flash on your way to work - especially not in front of someone from SophosLabs.

We snapped a flasher in North Sydney the other morning, and he's ended up as a poster boy in our latest computer security campaign. (To be clear: we've concealed his identity in the photo, and we're calling him Sam, even though his name is George.)

Of course, he wasn't flashing his privates. (He was riding a scooter, after all.) But he was flashing something private: his government-issued ID.

You might think, "Why is this such a big deal?". It isn't, but it is a *small* deal, and we analysed the photo to show you why.

The problem with things that are "small deals" on the ID front is that crooks don't need all your identity at once. Every bit helps, and the more you give away over time, the more likely it is that you'll become the victim of identity crime.

And *that's* why you shouldn't flash your office ID outside the office.

The full story is here:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/22/how-flashing-can-reveal-your-identity/

To get in touch with Paul Ducklin, Sophos Head of Technology, Asia Pacific for comment:

duck@sophos.com

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