Comments on: Some Solutions to Social Media Hijacking

By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:12:00 +0000

Agreed — but those who engage on behalf of brands do find it necessary to do “due diligence” on tracking things down. Sometimes, you find gold while mining the links — and sometimes what you find is explosive from a reputation-protection standpoint.

By: DavidCrowell

DavidCrowell — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:26:00 +0000

I always said don’t click on things that you dont need to be looking at. That would save a lot of people.

By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:12:00 +0000

Thanks. It’s not the perfect solution, but you have to use different tactics to spoil different avenues of attack.

Additionally, if you’re in an enterprise environment, it’s wise to use an account that isn’t tied to an individual. That way, when the employee leaves you aren’t losing total control.

By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:09:00 +0000

Thanks for the kind words — and maybe this becomes a rallying cry for better tools.

By: Mick Edwards

Mick Edwards — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:16:00 +0000

Great point about using obscure email addresses forwarded to a main account.

By: OBVAVirtualAssistant

OBVAVirtualAssistant — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:41:00 +0000

A really useful post thank you – this is such a minefield and so annoying that we are unable to stop hijacking.

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By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:39:00 +0000

The new Outlook.com is amazing, it supports up to 15 aliases per inbox.

Go check it out.

By: Frank Strong

Frank Strong — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:05:00 +0000

Good stuff Ike, as always. Haven’t thought about an alternate email for registration. It’s a good idea. I think Gmail provides some tools for that too that make it easy. At least I remember reading that somewhere and maybe its time to go look for it again.

By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:06:00 +0000

You’re welcome to share it along, glad you find it valuable.

And anyone who knows all three references without looking them up is downright Shiny.

By: Krys VanSlyke (VS)

Krys VanSlyke (VS) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:40:00 +0000

great article, if for no other reason than the density of geek references in that example email address!

Bust seriously, thanks for giving me something handy to send people to for this kind of issue.