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Facebook Facial Recognition – A picture is worth a thousand words

30

Jun

2011

Facebook recently launched a facial recognition feature that allows you and others to “tag” photos with your name. As has been the norm for Facebook, this “feature” is turned on by default and users must take their own initiative to limit, or turn it off. The implications are wide-ranging, so if you or anyone in […]

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‘VIRUS ON FB using YOUR pictures…’ – another viral Facebook Hoax

23

Jun

2011

Facebook hoaxes are becoming almost as common as the scams they try to warn against. The latest hoax advises that a tagged photo of you could have a link to a devastating virus that can wreck havoc on your computer, your bank accounts and other secure accounts. “VIRUS ON FB using YOUR pictures. It says […]

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LulzSec scam discovered on Facebook – but it’s not what you think

22

Jun

2011

Earlier today, a member of the British press contacted me asking if I had any photographs of the arrest of a suspected hacker in Wickford, Essex. Quite why I, based in Oxford (which is about a 100 mile drive from where the man was arrested), would have photos of late-night goings-in in Essex wasn’t really […]

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