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Scots cyber crime expert: we should lie about personal details online

A cyber crime expert at a Scottish university has urged online users to lie about their personal details such as their date of birth in order to protect themselves from identity theft.

Dr Ian Ferguson, a cyber crime expert at the University of Abertay, warned that internet users give out information too freely and leave themselves open to crime.