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By April 16, 2012


Recent studies show that privacy concerns are very much on the minds of Facebook users. Part of being a responsible member of any  online community is educating yourself and your loved ones on how to ...

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Small Town Police Chief Uses Facebook to Call Out Criminals
By June 18, 2013


If you commit a crime, there’s a good chance it will go on the public record. However, Brimfield Township police chief David Oliver has taken the public shaming of criminals to a whole other level, ...

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Hashtags Officially Come to Facebook, But Be Careful How You Use Them!
By June 13, 2013


It’s long been rumored that Twitter-style hashtags were coming to Facebook, and yesterday Facebook made it official: anything posted on Facebook and marked with a pound sign is clickable. “Hashtags are just the first step ...

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McAfee Retracts Warnings About Facebook Virus
By June 11, 2013


Earlier this month, online security and anti-virus company McAfee released a report stating that instances of a Facebook-hijacking virus called “Koobface” were on the rise on Facebook, even stating that the malware had tripled in ...

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Cleveland Prosecutor Fired For Creating Facebook Profile of Accused Killer’s Fake Girlfriend
By June 10, 2013


Earlier this week, Cleveland county prosecutor Aaron Brockler was fired for creating a Facebook profile and posing as the fake girlfriend of an accused murderer he was prosecuting. The murder suspect, 29-year-old Damon Dunn, is ...

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NSA Revealed to be Collecting data from Facebook, Other Popular Websites
By June 8, 2013


It’s long been known that the National Security Agency (NSA) monitors phone calls within the United States to detect suspicious activity. However, according to a bombshell report obtained by The Washington Post, the agency, along ...

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Facebook Slow to Take Down Fan Page for Asian Sex Workers
By June 6, 2013


Big news was made last week when Facebook publicly responded to a women’s rights group’s complaint that the site did not do enough to police hate speech on its pages. It vowed that it would ...

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Bank-Draining Malware Spead via Facebook on the Rise
By June 5, 2013


A six-year-old Trojan malware virus nicknamed “Zeus” has been making a serious comeback on Facebook. The virus works by lying dormant on a user’s computer until they access an online bank account. It then springs ...

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Malware that Hijacks Facebook Profiles Spreading Fast
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McAfee, the online security company, released a threat report yesterday detailing a disturbing rise in Facebook malware. Most notably, a bug that hijacks users’ profiles called “Koobface” has tripled its reach so far in 2013. ...

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Facebook to Test a News Feed to Private Message Feature
By June 3, 2013


According to a recent article in Tech Crunch, Facebook plans on adding a private messaging feature for a small test group of users. Users will be able to use the status update composer located in ...

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Study Finds Facebook’s Mutual Friends Feature “Creates Security Risks”
By May 31, 2013


A study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences has found that Facebook’s Mutual Friends feature is a potential security risk that also raises concerns about user privacy. The study used a computer ...

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