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Twitter and Facebook spammers exploit MH17 crash
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-07-22 01:27
Scammers are using the MH17 disaster in east Ukraine to spread objectionable links, online security experts have warned.
A link to a pornographic website disguised as a video of the Malaysia Airlines crash was posted on a Facebook page dedicated to one victim.
Google had one-hour turnaround to counter Facebook’s offers to employees
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-07-15 00:57
It was Google's policy in November 2007 to counter offers to its employees from Facebook within an hour, according to e-mails released last week during the wage conspiracy case going on in California. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed in the e-mails that the policy had been in existence for only 24 hours before it leaked outside of the executive management group.
Jilted ex-boyfriend avoids jail for Facebook post on woman's account
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-07-01 00:48
A Donegal man has avoided a jail term for criminal damage to his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook page after he admitted posting an offensive “status update” on it.
The man (30) was acquitted by a jury last month of raping and falsely imprisoning the woman in her home on the same date.
Facebook shrugs off claims of password insecurity
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-06-19 01:42
Facebook has dismissed claims that its password security is inadequate, following a report by software firm Dashlane that criticised the firm's credentials policy.
The report checked password policy on websites popular in the UK, noting minimum password length, whether password had to include numbers and letters of both cases, and whether users were shown the password strength, among other factors.
Three Reasons To Believe Facebook Might Be Used to Spy On You
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-06-11 02:22
Facebook could be used against you. Privacy is something that should concern everyone, yet social networking blurs the line between right and wrong.
No matter how much personal information you put online, more can be gleaned from you. Just think of advertising. Very little is coincidence. However, we can’t go into conspiracy theory territory. The world probably isn’t out to get you.
Nonetheless, Facebook can be utilised in some very interesting ways.