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u got meme’d!
Posted: September 10, 2010 (19:51) under Humor, Security, Technology, Theft

There are lots of technical hacks and ways to get at your internet properties, be they blogs, websites, or social media pages and profiles; why, there’s an entire master’s program in Bulgaria on hacking: not preventing it, doing it. So your internet security is always at risk, both from amateurs who only want to change your Facebook status to “poopyfacepoopyface” and from experts who have a commercial interest in your data and control of your internet properties of whatever kind.

That said, by far the easiest way to get at someone’s site is to convince them to give you the password. Don’t think it’s easy? Check this elegant, yet evil little trick out:

Facebook Password Trick

That’s not nice; don’t fall for it. But if you do, remember that you can delete your posts on Facebook if you hover your cursor over the right-hand side of your comment, just above the line of typing. But if your friends do this to their friends, GET NEW FRIENDS.

Face the Facts on Facebook
Posted: May 20, 2010 (10:09) under Security

The Internet is over; also, for porn

Don’t even THINK your mother won’t see what you said about her.

We’ve ranted about Facebook before; its inflexibility, its unreliability, the fact that Viggo Mortensen won’t Friend u- oh, never mind that last bit. We’ve hardly even gotten started on the privacy leaks, and it’s a good thing, because they’ve just made them much worse. Fortunately, there’s a useful little tool you can simply add to your Bookmarks that will tell you where your Facebook profile is vulnerable; it’s called PrivacyScanner, and it’s from ReclaimPrivacy.org.

Here’s what it says about my personal profile:

secure    Instant Personalization is currently sharing personal information with non-Facebook websites. you are opted-out of the Instant Personalization feature

secure – all of your personal information is at restricted to your friends or closer

secure – all of your contact information is at restricted to your friends or closer

secure – all of your friends, tags, and connections information is at restricted to your friends or closer

INSECURE – your friends can accidentally share your personal information. Prevent friends from sharing your data

secure – you have blocked all known applications that could leak your personal information

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