We focus a lot on the security ills of mobile devices and social networks, but as the tragedy in Japan demonstrates, these things can also be a security life-saver. Twitter has been a lifeline for Westerners both inside and outside of Japan as they try to keep up with fast-moving events following Friday’s massive earthquake and the tsunami that followed. Twitter users including several Western journalists tweeted the main points in English as they were delivered, before stories had appeared from outlets like Reuters and CNN.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2134577/smartphones-and-social-networks-as-a-security-enabler.html