As the other posters have mentioned facebook is really in no way secure. First you can setup an account claiming to be someone else. This can cause slanderous things to be posted on someone's facebook page that isn't really theirs. People can also pretend to someone and hit on girls or boys and then in person the person who thinks they are being hit can be extremely hurt because everything is hoax. Facebook needs to develop a system of verification to make sure these things do not happen.
As for the virus attack i am constantly bombared with these phishing attacks. Some of them come as wall posts from friends who have "zombie computers". Recently facebook added a new feature called "facebook chat". This is the faceboook equivalent of instant messaging. Many of the most recent phishing attacks I have receiver have come via facebook chat. Facebook needs to come up with a way to prevent this virys from spreading further. Most of the attacks are extremely obvious such as "click here to reduce your debt". None of my friends would care about debt nor would they advise me on how to lower it. The other attacks about tagging and adding photos etc is much more harmful because it could seem legitimate and could end up being malicious.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
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with facebook being such an unsecured site why is it so popular to use. and why is facebook not responsible for any fraud or identity theft which occurs on Facebook? I think they have every facet covered to make sure they don't have any loose ends. Such as the long terms and conditions forms you have to agree to before you join the site. But still shouldn't they be held responsible?
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