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When people do not separate their personal life from their professional life, they do not realize they are still being able to get into trouble. People must realize that nothing on the internet that is posted is privacy free. Anything that is posted and deleted can still be trace back to any person because the logs and data are still there in the system. Because of social media postings have emerged; Facebook, MySpace and Twitter can help to pin down the whereabouts of suspects.

Social networking services are increasingly being used in legal and criminal investigations. Information posted on sites such as MySpace and Facebook has been used by police (forensic profiling), probation, and university officials to prosecute users of said sites. In some situations, content posted on MySpace has been used in court. [7]

Facebook is increasingly being used by school administrations and law enforcement agencies as a source of evidence against student users. The site, the number one online destination for college students, allows users to create profile pages with personal details. These pages can be viewed by other registered users from the same school which often include resident assistants and campus police who have signed-up for the service. [8]

In an article by Johnny Snyder, "MySpace.com - A Social Networking Site and Social Contract Theory", its shows examples of how social networking sites can get people in trouble through the use forensic profiling. Three police officers in Lexington, Kentucky, were recently suspended because their MySpace.com comments because derogatory remarks about gays and mentally disabled individuals. A teenager in Chicago was arrested for spray painting graffiti on a church because authorities were able to track his moniker via his MySpace.com account. In a college setting, a student senator was relieved of her duties due to a picture of underage alcohol consumption that appeared on her Facebook.com account.