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Firefox Add-on Makes Hacking Facebook a Breeze

Firesheep downloaded more than 100K times in 24 hours

(Newser) - A Firefox extension that makes it simple for users to hijack accounts at Facebook, Twitter, and dozens of other popular sites has been downloaded more than 100,000 times in 24 hours. The Firesheep add-on allows users to scan public WiFi networks and, via cookies, steal login details from unsecured...

Facebook to Quit Flashing Pictures of Your Ex
Facebook to Quit Flashing Pictures of Your Ex
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Oct 23, 2010 4:42 PM CDT

Facebook to Quit Flashing Pictures of Your Ex

Facebook changes 'Photo Memories' algorithm after complaints

(Newser) - Facebook has heard your sad, lonely-hearted cries, and will from now on stop rubbing pictures of your ex in your face. In case you have been blessedly spared this phenomenon, some Facebook pages sport a “Photo Memories” box that shows you old photos from your friends—and which, until...

Facebook Likely Outing Gays to Advertisers

Sexual preference may be revealed even if hidden to your friends

(Newser) - Just days after it was revealed that Facebook apps were leaking personal user data , another privacy flap for the social networking site: This time, it appears that Facebook is giving sensitive information—specifically, sexual orientation—to advertisers. Researchers from Microsoft and Germany’s Max Planck Institute recently released a paper...

Woman Sues Farmville Over Privacy, Keeps Playing

Litigant not outraged enough to abandon farm

(Newser) - A California woman was so disturbed by a Wall Street Journal article on how Farmville supposedly invades your privacy that she sued Zynga, makers of the popular Facebook game. The article says the game provides advertisers and Internet tracking companies with user IDs, though the Daily Intel blog at New ...

Bully Hit With Restraining Order Via Facebook

Aussie cops go online to reach man who harassed ex

(Newser) - When Australian police couldn't find a man who was harassing his ex-partner, they served him with a restraining order using the same medium he was bullying her in: Facebook. A police officer, with a court's approval, filmed himself reading the order and sent the video to the man's Facebook account,...

Congress Has Some Questions for Zuckerberg

 Congress Has 
 Some Questions 
 for Zuckerberg 
facebook privacy breach
Oct 19, 2010 8:30 AM CDT

Congress Has Some Questions for Zuckerberg

Two representatives get involved in the latest privacy breach

(Newser) - Congress is getting involved in the latest Facebook privacy snafu. Following Monday’s revelation that many popular Facebook apps are transmitting identifying information to dozens of companies, two House members are asking the social networking site for more information about how applications handle user details. Facebook has until Oct. 27...

3 Teachers Fired for Flirting With Students on Facebook

One even posted a picture of herself kissing teen boy

(Newser) - Bad idea: Kissing your 18-year-old former student on the lips. Worse idea: Taking a picture of it. Totally insane idea: Posting that picture to Facebook. It’s just one of the crazy stories coming out of New York City, where at least three educators in the past six months have...

Facebook Apps Transmitting Personal Data to Firms
Facebook Apps Are Leaking Your Personal Data
investigation
Oct 18, 2010 6:38 AM CDT

Facebook Apps Are Leaking Your Personal Data

Company 'working to fix problem'

(Newser) - Your oh-so-strict Facebook privacy settings aren't necessarily protecting you: Many popular Facebook applications have been transmitting identifying information to dozens of firms, a Wall Street Journal investigation has discovered. It's an issue that affects ten of millions of users and one that breaks the company's own rules about privacy. A...

Facebook Privacy: Deleted Photos Are Not Immediately Deleted
Those Deleted Facebook Pics? Not Actually Deleted
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Oct 17, 2010 4:12 PM CDT

Those Deleted Facebook Pics? Not Actually Deleted

Sixteen months later, one writer's photo can still be found

(Newser) - Despite all Facebook’s talk about improving privacy, it still takes an awfully long time for photos to actually be deleted from the site. Jacqui Cheng experimented with deleting one of her photos from Flickr, Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook last year . Flickr and Twitter removed the photos within seconds—meaning...

Nurse Saves Toddler's Life—Via Facebook

She notices problem with the girl's eye

(Newser) - While browsing Facebook photos of her friend's daughter, a UK pediatrics nurse noticed something wasn't quite right. Nicola Sharp was looking at a photo of Grace Freeman, 2, when she saw that the girl's left pupil appeared white, while the right pupil had the normal "red eye" effect from...

It's a Snap to Impersonate Someone on Facebook

So maybe it's time fix this little loophole?

(Newser) - Impersonating somebody on Facebook is way too easy, writes Michael Arrington at TechCrunch . To prove his point, he recreated a fake profile for Google CEO Eric Schmidt and soon started adding friends such as YouTube founder Chad Hurley and Facebook VP Elliot Schrage. "One person even sent a fairly...

Skype Partners With Facebook
 Skype Partners With Facebook  
Oct 15, 2010 12:29 AM CDT

Skype Partners With Facebook

You can now call 'friends' via Skype, video chat in groups

(Newser) - Skype just got a lot more social. The voice and video calling service has announced a new partnership with Facebook, reports CNN . The new service will allow you to see your Facebook "news feed" while you Skype, and give users the ability to call 'friends' who use "Facebook...

Facebook: Bing's New Friend
 Facebook: Bing's New Friend 
Oct 14, 2010 8:08 AM CDT

Facebook: Bing's New Friend

Microsoft search engine adds social features

(Newser) - Microsoft’s Bing is about to implement some intriguing new Facebook-powered features, the companies announced yesterday. Results on Bing will now show you how many of your friends “liked” that item, and any related links they’ve shared, the New York Times reports. This social data will also factor...

12 Famous Facebook Boycotters

Starring in the Facebook movie doesn't necessarily make one a fan

(Newser) - It seems like everyone’s on Facebook these days, but some of the most famous people in America still aren’t—including three people connected to The Social Network. The Daily Beast lists 12 celebs who have yet to join up:
  • Justin Timberlake: Timberlake plays former Facebook president Sean Parker
...

Why Quitting Facebook Is Impossible
 Why Quitting 
 Facebook Is 
 Impossible 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Oct 10, 2010 8:30 AM CDT

Why Quitting Facebook Is Impossible

'Dropping out can be construed as falling off the face of the earth'

(Newser) - No matter how much you enjoy playing Farmville, paging through photos of your friends’ pets, or “looking up old boyfriends and trying to find photos of their wives and kids without actually ‘friending’ them,” you have to admit the hours killed on Facebook aren’t “a...

Why Zuckerberg Should Be Thrilled With the Movie

Wired's Fred Vogelstein: 'Social Network' is going to be great for Facebook

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg and pals aren't happy about how they've been depicted in the Social Network, but they're missing the larger point, writes Fred Vogelstein. "Mark my words," he predicts in Wired . "It will do so much good for the company and Zuckerberg that a year from now...

15 People to Never, Ever Friend on Facebook

Your therapist does not need to see how often you play Farmville

(Newser) - At this point, you've probably given in and befriended your parents on Facebook. But there are still some people you should never click “Accept” for. The Frisky lists the top 15:
  • Your therapist: “Leave that s**t on the couch.”
  • Your parents’ friends: Messages about how good you
...

Facebook Bigwigs: Legalize Pot!

Dustin Moskowitz, Sean Parker for it, but ads with pot leaves still banned from site

(Newser) - Ads with images of marijuana leaves have been banned from Facebook but two of the site's movers and shakers have made hefty donations to the same cause backed by the ads. Co-founder Dustin Moskowitz has donated $50,000 to support legalizing marijuana in California, and Sean Parker, Facebook's first president,...

7% of Babies Have Email Addresses

By age 2, 81% have a digital footprint

(Newser) - When today's kids enter the job market in 20-something years, would-be employers checking up them may have no trouble finding ... their ultrasound photos. That's because they're leaving a digital trail a mile long, thanks to Mom and Dad. A new study has found that 23% of children had their pre-birth...

'I Like It On' Updates Continue to Sweep Facebook

Saucy updates are part of breast cancer campaign

(Newser) - If you've noticed a lot of Facebook status updates along the lines of "I like it on the floor" or "I like it on the kitchen counter" from your female friends, you're not alone. The seemingly saucy messages have been taking over the site this week as part...

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