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Beware of deceptive in-app advertising

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Apr

2012

I really like the new app by OMGPOP called Draw Something. I play this game with my friends possibly a little too much. Draw Something has attracted more than 50 million downloads, and was just acquired by Zynga for $200 million dollars. It was surprising the other day when I noticed an advertisement at the […]

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Facebook promotes a phishing app when browsing Admiral James Stavridis’s Profile

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Apr

2012

Admiral James Stavridis is under the spotlight of the social media stage since an anonymous phishing attack was launched on Facebook a few days ago using a fake version of his profile. It seems this is a good time to meet this commander (at least on-line), hence we did a simple study on his official […]

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How to Protect your Personal Data from Facebook Applications your Friends Use

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Apr

2012

Many Facebook users have an aversion to third party Facebook applications and rightly so. The platform is riddled with rogue apps that are used to spread spam, scams and malware. Also, it is a huge privacy risk to give unknown application developers access to your private Facebook data.You might be surprised to know that applications […]

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