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Sunday, November 15, 2026Nov 15

Phillips: Careless use of Facebook may someday haunt you

We’ve all heard horror stories of a quick posting on Facebook that comes back to haunt us later on, such as telling of an upcoming vacation and returning home to find we’ve been burgled or bragging how much our wife “Tina” loves to cook and our other wife whom we didn’t take the trouble to divorce finds out about Wifey Tina.

While these are exaggerated scenarios (though they do occur), other more routine postings help us along the road to disaster, as well.

Indiscreet photos or bragging of sexual or illegal feats can come back to bite us. Just think about the prospective employer who checks our account. Yes, he may be looking just for job qualifications or verifying work claims.

On the other hand, when he comes across the photo of you with your buddies’ three sheets to the wind or in that itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini (or less), he might just look elsewhere for that new hire. Why take the chance?

Moreover, Facebook