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Facebook phishing scams – were you hooked

Dec 4, 2009IdoNotesPhishing, privacyFacebook, Phishing, URL_Shortener

Recently rash of the same type of phishing scam has been showing up on Facebook in numerous manifestations.  They are all the same premise and I have seen the same people infected over and over by not following simple safety rules.  Interestingly, people of all ages click it just the same, not just our kids.…

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Do Teachers Have More Responsibility on Facebook?

Nov 19, 2009IdoNotesprivacyeducators, Facebook, teachers

We hold school teachers to higher standards across not only their performance, but in their social appearance both in and out of school.  Throughout history, teachers were looked upon as role models.  In today’s society, the retiring rate of older teachers is upon us and younger ones are entering the workforce.  With this comes advancements…

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Facebook privacy combinations leave data open to search engines

Sep 15, 2009IdoNotesFacebook, privacyFacebook, privacy

A recent article on TheNextWeb spotlighted a possible data leak for Facebook Notes to search engines.  The original report showed how using a simple Google query would bring up Notes from Facebook even with profiles set to private. Facebook soon responded that yes, the user profiles are private, but the Notes section for the users…

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Facebook friends might be hackers

Sep 9, 2009IdoNotesFacebook, privacyFacebook, hackers, password

A recent rash of hackers have decided that emailing you and asking for money is just not the way to go.  Now, hackers are getting into the social networks and assuming identities of others and asking for money. One of the common ploys now is to pretend that the person they are imitating is out…

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Facebook apps stealing your data? Facebook shuts some down

Aug 28, 2009IdoNotesFacebook, privacyFacebook, privacy, reputation

We often give you insight into controlling the data you share across the networks and teaching the kids on what should be considered good sharing and bad sharing.  This falls into reputation control. Apparently some apps were pulling your credentials and starting to spam your contacts with phishing sites.  Trend Micro are reported to have…

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