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. Sir John Sawers wife disclosed information on where the couple work and live and pictures of a recent family holiday.

Sir John Sawyers is set to take over all foreign affairs for MI6 which means he will be responsible for all secret operations abroad. I think that the family are extremely lucky in that the information was taken down very quickly and hopefully no one of any importance saw the facebook profile. 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. Spy gadgets 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, how do you get around 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.
The main issue to consider is do we really want someone who is going to make these kindof massive decisions in charge of all of our foreign affairs?