News - Amy Polumbo
By ABIGAIL LEICHMAN, STAFF WRITER Miss New Jersey thought her online photos were private. So did an "American Idol" contestant from Point Pleasant.
By Terry Webster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Jul. 24--Privacy settings on MySpace or Facebook profile pages aren't as secure as users might believe. Hidden sections of profile pages often can be viewed by using program codes that are easily obtained on the Internet, security experts warn.
By Deseret Morning News editorial Amy Polumbo is the newly crowned Miss New Jersey. She's also the latest poster child for the potential fallout of posting "private" photographs on her Facebook page. As it turns out, nothing in cyberspace is private.
The former theme song for the nation's premier beauty pageant began with the words, "There she is, Miss America!" That phrase took on another meaning this year.
Scorched by scandal ignited by an online blackmail attempt aimed at the newly crowned Miss New Jersey, Amy Polumbo joins i-SAFE, the leader in Internet safety education, to raise awareness about victimization of children on the Internet.
