Researchers Prove They Can Befriend Anyone on Facebook in 24 Hours
A Brazilian security researcher set up an experiment to prove that he can get anyone to accept a Facebook friend request in a matter of hours, showing how privacy is still a major issue when it comes to social networking website.
According to Psyzone, Nelson Novaes, a researcher in the field of online security and behavior, made a proof of concept to demonstrate how easily people can be manipulated on social networks and Facebook in particular.
By creating a fake account that perfectly cloned the one of a manager, he set in mind to befriend a female security worker that worked for him, named for the purpose of the study SecGirl. He started by going after the friends of the friends of the manager and within an hour, 24 out of 432 request were accepted, even though most subjects already had the manager as a friend.
