Sunday, December 15, 2024

After ISIS Twitter threat, military families rethink online lives


This story appeared in CNN this morning. It’s a good reminder to consider just how much personal information should be posted online, especially if you in the military community.


One military wife recalls staying up all night and deleting every Facebook picture of her children, every post that mentioned them or where they went to school. She Googled herself, trying to figure out how easy it would be to find where the family lived. In the morning, she went to her car and scraped the military decal off the front window.

As the spouse of a Special Forces soldier, she’s always tried to be conscious of how much she advertises that she and her three young children are a military family.

Read the entire CNN article here.

Related: PDF: Military Community and Family Policy / Social Media Guide (specifically page 10)



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