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Online and Social Media Division Imposter Scan Results – December 2015
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Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti
Gen. John Campbell
Gen. Daniel Allyn
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel Dailey
Lt. Gen. Robert Brown
Maj. Gen. Mark
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Gen. Ray Odierno
Gen. Dennis Via
Maj. Jeffrey
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Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen
Staff Sgt. Denny Becker
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Myspace
Misc. Dating Sites
Email Account
Yahoo
Google+
Skype
LinkedIn
Twitter
Facebook
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Impersonators
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Impersonators
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Social Media for families
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Personal Social Media
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While this brief primarily discusses Facebook, many of the concepts also apply to other social outlets like LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Pinterest etc.
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Social media
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How many people in the audience identify themselves as being in the military on their social media presences? How many have at least one picture of themselves in uniform on social media? Once you associate your social media presence with the military, you represent the military in your online interactions and can be held accountable for anything you do online that violates military policy. Leaders, I recommend you engage personal social media in order to: 1. Represent the Minnesota National Guard to your audiences. 2. Demonstrate to your Soldiers and Airmen what right looks like. 3. To gain better visibility of the successes and failures of your Soldiers and Airmen as they represent us. (Have oversight.) Leaders, Social Media IS your “open door policy.”
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Personal social media use
“Assume that all of your activities on a social media site are public, regardless of the privacy tools you may use, and exercise discretion in sharing personal information, and political, cultural or religious views.”
Remember, even if you delete something
you posted online, it is still out there somewhere.
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It is assumed you know the basics, so I will just touch on a few points. One would assume that this sentence came out of a military regulation or order. In fact, this came from a memo sent to employees at the Gannett News Service about their personal social media use. (Sept 2013) http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/Gannett_to_employees_Assume_all_social_media_activ_15205.aspx It’s not just in the Army, your conduct online can affect your civilian job and any potential jobs in the future.
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Personal social media use
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It’s easy to say that common sense should prevail when posting to social media, but unfortunately, not everyone has the same sense of what is and isn’t acceptable. As official representatives of your unit, always err on the side of caution and think before you post anything. I’m sure many of these service members deleted the offensive images not long after they were called out on them. But all it takes is for one person to share the image, download it or take a screen shot for it to live on and continue to circulate around the internet. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Military-Social-Media-Idiots/1448783588687036 “Friends” and “followers” can effect determinations in background investigations for security clearances.
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You can customize privacy settings for each post on Facebook.
Personal social media use
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Each time you post to Facebook, you can adjust the privacy settings on the individual post using a dropdown menu. You can also set your privacy settings to automatically use a certain privacy setting for all posts.
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Disclaimer
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NGB recommend posting similar language on all PERSONAL pages. Note this entry must be viewable by everyone. This is a CYA move, but this is not iron-clad. Remember however, you are encouraged to represent the military. You DO represent the military. (Current Facebook interface as of Oct 2014.)
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Privacy Settings
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Limit Past Posts: New feature helps minimize previous damage. This modifies the setting on existing posts.
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Personal social media use
• The information you chose to share with the world about yourself and your family is a personal choice.
• Understand the risks that are out there and then make an informed decision about the information you share with others.
• Do a google search of yourself, your family to see what information comes up
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Even without social media, there are websites out there that show your address.
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Personal social media use
• Only establish and maintain connections with people you have met and know in the real world.
• Make sure your “friends” are your friends • Even with secure privacy settings, assume anything you
post online can be seen by anyone.
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Linkedin is a great place to network and connect with people you don’t necessarily know. Facebook and other social media, however, should be limited to people you do know in real life due to the information that you’re sharing. Often scammers will “copy” a profile of one of your friends and send you a friend request, thinking that you won’t question it. Even if your settings are set so that only your friends can see what you post, all it takes is one of those people to screenshot or copy and paste and share for it to be public.
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Online safety
• Use secure browser settings if possible • Apps and third-party sites that access your facebook
account can increase your security risk • Keep your passwords secure • Use two-step authentication whenever possible.
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Sharing photos
• Photos can give away more information than you might intend
• Look at the background of your photos • Always disable geotagging on your devices
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Privacy settings • Security: Login approvals
• Security: Where you’re logged in
• Privacy: Who can see my stuff?
• Privacy: Who can look me up?
• Timeline and Tagging: Who can add things to my
timeline?
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Scams
Soldiers, especially leaders, are prime targets for identity thieves who will use images posted online to create the fake accounts. It is good practice to search sites regularly for
imposters.
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One more thing that we’re seeing a lot of on social media is scams. We regularly get calls from individuals who are dealing with people who claim to be in the Minnesota National Guard and are trying to get them to give them money. 99 percent of the time these people are not in the military at all but are using fake names and photos. CID receives hundreds of allegations a month from victims who state they became involved in an online relationship with someone, on a legitimate dating website or other social media website, who claims to be a Soldier. The “Soldier” then begins asking for money for various false service-related needs. Victims can lose tens of thousands of dollars, with a very low possibility of recovery. http://americanmilitarynews.com/2016/09/nigerian-fraudster-got-400000-from-women-by-pretending-to-be-u-s-army-captain-on-dating-website/?utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=alt&utm_source=militarymemes https://www.tineye.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MilitaryRomances/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED
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Remember…
• Your media represents you and it can keep on representing you well into the future, because content posted online or with phones is pretty impossible to take back.
• Your media could show up anywhere. Even if you limit the audience, be careful not to share anything that could be a problem if someone were to pass it around. Once it’s on the internet, it’s there forever.
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Our service members are bound by policies and regulations that hold them accountable for their words and actions online. As family members, you may not have those same requirements, but you could potentially get your service member into hot water.
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Social Media Management
References: - DA Memo- Standardizing official U.S. Army external
official presences (social media) 10 Jan 2014 - MNNG Social Media Public Affairs Guidance - US Army Social Media Handbook - US Air Force Social Media Handbook - NGB PA Social Media Guidance June 12 2014
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Links go to PAO SharePoint. This presentation will be there as well.
Honoring our fallen is both important and popular.
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Informal and effective. You can’t go wrong with Mother’s Day. Over 1.2 million likes, 174 thousand shares, over 13 thousand comments. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Military-Social-Media-Idiots/1448783588687036#!/wtoc11/photos/a.10150279401252363.387234.57237502362/10152440174812363/?type=1&theater
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MN Incidents
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Sharing a post from another page
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“Share” rather than duplicate a post. This avoids spamming your audience with duplicate posts.
U.S. Army Social Media Roundup Week 23 – OPSEC and Safe Social Networking (PAO Admin/Training/UPAR Training/Social Media Management/Social Media Roundup Archives)
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U.S. Army Social Media Roundup Week 23 – OPSEC and Safe Social Networking (PAO Admin/Training/UPAR Training/Social Media Management/Social Media Roundup Archives)
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Geo tagging
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A Russian Soldier's Instagram Posts May Be The Clearest Indication Of Moscow's Involvement In East Ukraine Russia was insisting they were not in Ukraine. Thier soldier proved they were. Automatic geotagging should be turned off. Use only on a case-by-case basis. In a deployed environment this can give away troop movement information. At home, this can indicate when your house is empty, or where anyone can find you. http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-soldier-ukraine-2014-7?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=emailshare
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U.S. Army Social Media Roundup Week 23 – OPSEC and Safe Social Networking (PAO Admin/Training/UPAR Training/Social Media Management/Social Media Roundup Archives)
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U.S. Army Social Media Roundup Week 23 – OPSEC and Safe Social Networking (PAO Admin/Training/UPAR Training/Social Media Management/Social Media Roundup Archives)