As I said, Mashka, you can set your Facebook settings so that you need to confirm before someone uses your Facebook name to tag a photo. But there are ways around it.
Syed, it's incredibly difficult to stop someone posting as if they were you. I raise me eyebrows when I see people calling themselves "The Real X." Like that means anything.
As I recall, his sister had posted a Thanksgiving photo which was accessible to Zuckerberg's friends. One of those friends then shared it with his friends--who didn't have privacy controls set up, resulting in the photo (of Mark Z. in the kitchen) being viewable by any and all. There was nothing at all interesting about the pix, above and beyond underscoring how impossible it is to be truly private on FB.
You can set up Facebook so that you have to approve any attempts to tag you in photos. What this doesn't do, as far as I can see, is prevent people tagging you with something other than your user name, but which identifies you. Kimm Davis, for example.
I think Zuckerberg himself had a problem with private photos about a year ago, but it's hard to find the story underneath all the coverage of the Randi breach.
Most certainly was a terrible situation for him. He reported the profile to Facebook and asked us to report it too. He never found out who was behind it but his guess is it must be someone that knew him well enough to know his work and educational information.
It does make one think about the social networks. The corporate HR departments must be prepared for this but I am not certain if they have done anything to protect themselves. Anyone can pretty much claim to be someone else and post on public platforms.
I didn't say that everyone who goes online does evil. I just shared an incident that happened with a co worker. Identity theft is becoming increasingly common today.
Though I support your claim that the number of people doing wrong is very little compared to the ones using the internet or social networks.
If the online copies could be verified by third party like the issuing authority then I presume it would be acceptable. Although, I am still kind of against the idea of putting up a transcript online for the public.
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