SALT LAKE CITY — Have doubts about how exciting vacations are? Well, just scroll through your social media and witness the high number of gratuitous airport selfies posted by excited folks announcing big adventures.

The thing is, posting an airport selfie might ruin your trip in ways you might not see coming.

“Attackers now, for the type of scams where they impersonate people, they’ll often look on social media and see people that are posting at airports to know that those people are about to go on a flight,” said Brian Long, CEO of cybersecurity company, Adaptive Security.

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Long said scammers have gotten good at the waiting game. They’ll patiently stand by for just

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