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CBS3.com - May 4, 2010

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Andrew Mendelson, chair of Temple's Journalism Department, says that people may be "oversharing" personal information online. It's all about ego, he says. "I think it puts people out there and puts a stamp of yes, this is me and you can value what I'm saying," he explained. Abbe Forman of Temple's Department of Computer and Information Sciences offered tips to help protect your security: Don't give out your home address, don't reveal you're away from home and don't give out personal information. Predators who might be monitoring the site can use this information to identify you.