Social networking applications can pose security risks

April 28, 2008 By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer

(AP) -- Sarah Brown is unusually cautious when it comes to social networking. The college sophomore doesn't have a MySpace page and, while she's on Facebook, she does everything she can to keep her page as private as she can.



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