Millions of people in the London Network let alone millions of others from around the world could have gained access to compromising photographs of Sir John Sawers and his family on the social media networking site. The sensitive information that was posted contained pictures and information of where they work and live.

Sir John Sawers is set to take over all intelligence operations in November but this is not a good start to get that job secured. This tiny little mistake from his wife has been blown slightly out of proportion however you have to ask yourself that if this was to repeat itself and something more sensitive was released what could the consequences be. That is not to say that the family was placed under computer surveillance or vehicle tracking but it just means that they understand the basic of what they can and cant do. Computer surveillance aside it is important to understand the threat with such powerful social media website and it is important to recognise their capability to reach so many people so fast. This what was obviously so worrying.

Thank god the information was only available to the Facebook network for a short space of time but there is no telling who may of seen that sensitive data.

So, what can you do to avoid this little problem? Well in order for only your close friends to see your profile content you need to edit the privacy settings from within your own account otherwise anyone can see the vital information that you are displaying on your profile.
Question is, do we really want someone who is going to make these kind of blunders in charge of our foreign affairs?