Posts Tagged ‘photos’

People are NOT Stealing Baby Photos to Post on Facebook Pages

May

2013

A new, viral warning has many moms and concerned Facebook users in a panic. An example of one such message is shown below:The uproar is over Facebook Community Pages that automatically aggregate data based users’ likes and interests. Here’s what’s happening, a user clicks on one of these community pages, and then that user sees […]

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Absent-minded spammers

Apr

2013

A large number of scam emails disguised as newsletters sent by the CNN television channel have been detected again. Sensational headlines are used in the messages to grab the attention of recipients (e.g., falling stock indexes, the election of a new Pope etc.). Users are asked to click on the links provided in the messages […]

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Social Scams – Part 2: How to Clean Up Your Browser and Facebook Timeline

Apr

2013

During recent weeks, I have seen different scams on Facebook attempt to convince users to install Google Chrome extensions. I have noticed some conversations taking place around the scams; people not sure how to get rid of the scammer photos or how to prevent the scams from spreading further. Some users have unfortunately gone as […]

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