Spare a thought for the US Marine corps, They have just been banned from using social networking sites. While looking at it from a purely security standpoint the ban is easy to understand.
However for the poor buggers stuck in far off lands doing a tough job in even tougher circumstances, This is hardly likely to help morale at all.
INTERNET SNS [social networking sites] ARE DEFINED AS WEB-BASED SERVICES THAT ALLOW COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE TO SHARE COMMON INTERESTS AND/OR EXPERIENCES (EXISTING OUTSIDE OF DOD NETWORKS) OR FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO EXPLORE INTERESTS AND BACKGROUND DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN. THESE INTERNET SITES IN GENERAL ARE A PROVEN HAVEN FOR MALICIOUS ACTORS AND CONTENT AND ARE PARTICULARLY HIGH RISK DUE TO INFORMATION EXPOSURE, USER GENERATED CONTENT AND TARGETING BY ADVERSARIES. THE VERY NATURE OF SNS CREATES A LARGER ATTACK AND EXPLOITATION WINDOW, EXPOSES UNNECESSARY INFORMATION TO ADVERSARIES AND PROVIDES AN EASY CONDUIT FOR INFORMATION LEAKAGE THAT PUTS OPSEC, COMSEC, PERSONNEL AND THE MCEN AT AN ELEVATED RISK OF COMPROMISE. EXAMPLES OF INTERNET SNS SITES INCLUDE FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, AND TWITTER.
One can only hope that the pentagon realises that many of it’s personnel will have come to rely on these sites to stay in touch with reletives in the same way civilians have.
The Woman had claimed to be suffering a migraine and needed to be laying in the dark and so was unable to attend her place of work where she used a computer and has accused her employer of spying on her by sending a mysterious friend request to her iPhone which she claims allowed them to gain access to her personal online activity.