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

03

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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Dropbox Abused by Spammers

08

Mar

2012

Recently we noticed spammers abusing Dropbox, a popular cloud-based, file-hosting and synchronization tool, to spread spam. Dropbox accounts have a public folder where files can be placed and made publicly available. This function is useful to spammers, as it effectively turns Dropbox into a free hosting site. Spammers have abused URL shortening and free hosting […]

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‘Deleted’ Facebook photos survive online three years later

08

Feb

2012

“How do I delete my Facebook photos?” is a common question I hear. “You don’t,” is the correct answer. True, Facebook maintains that you can permanently delete photos. Here are the company’s instructions on how to perform the ritual of killing, if not the literal killing itself. The ritual might give you the fleeting satisfaction […]

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