Suspicious Minds

I've been having fun with Facebook lately. It's especially fun to be in more regular contact with my overseas and far flung friends. It gets a little obsessive, though, so I try to control myself.

Today I checked in and saw a survey posted by one of my young 'Friends'. If you are on Facebook, you know these surveys: Twenty five things about me is one. Ten Names is the latest. The Ten Names survey raised serious warning bells in my suspicious mind. If you read the questions, you'll see what I'm talking about. Young people might not take notice, but they should.

1. YOUR REAL NAME: now everyone knows your real (full) name
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters OF FIRST NAME plus -izzle.): innocent enough
3. YOUR SPY NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal): favorite things can be used for password identification
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and street) middle name and street name also used for security questions
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name): another disarming innocent question
6. YOUR SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink):
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7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and last letter of your moms first name): first letters of family members' names can't be all that good, and come on, Iraqi name? What's up with THAT?
8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents' middle names): more info on your parents
9. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets): pet names again
10. Your ghetto girl name (first 3 letters of your first name and add -iqua): see 2 and 5
11. Porn Star name: (Name of your first pet and your mother's maiden name):
both are used for security ids, mother's maiden name is common for banking info
12. ONLINE NAME: (first 2 letters of your first name, first 2 letters of your middle name, first 2 letters of your last name): seems innocent, but might well be a password

Does anyone else think that answering this quiz might be living dangerously? Answer it on a piece of paper if you must, have a good laugh, then shred it. And if you've already posted your answers, you might want to unpost it, and watch your bank and credit card accounts!!!!!