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Abundant Caution Is Never Enough : Beware of StalkTrak

My apologies to the folks who got a DM from my Twitter account for about an hour this afternoon.  Here is how I think this happened. I have a strict password policy for myself and change it frequently. I test new tools regularly and make sure if the new tool asks for a Twitter login it is through the Twitter API and not asking me to login with username and password.  Today I got a DM with this text "I saw that you viewed my profiler earlier :D want to know how i found out? http://bit.ly/XXXXX" ( Purposely added Xs so that link is not clicked by mistake. I ignored it as it seems sneaky anyway for a few hours. I went back to this tweet a few hours later and curious if this was a feature to check out like Linkedin's "Who viewed your profile".  I am not sure if I was on a mobile device or my personal laptop so I did not notice that the link actually goes to a phishing page. It is always good practice to watch the address bar on your browser to make sure y...
Shashi Bellamkonda
Shashi Bellamkonda
Fractional CMO, marketer, blogger, and teacher sharing stories and strategies.
I write about marketing, small business, and technology — and how they shape the stories we tell. You can also find my writing on Shashi.co , CarryOnCurry.com , and MisunderstoodMarketing.com .