Michigan Woman Allegedly Creates Fake Facebook Page to Stalk Herself
By May 7, 2013


Facebook stalking is an unfortunately prevalent online crime. However, Facebook stalking oneself is a pretty unique offense. Cheryl Nelson, a 52-year-old woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is charged with creating a fake Facebook profile for ...

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Tagvidz is a Facebook Phishing Scam
By May 6, 2013


Socially engineered phishing attacks are some of the most common scams on Facebook. A current scheme is using the following message in an attempt to obtain Facebook user names and passwords: “Youu are in tthis ...

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How to Use ‘Trusted Contacts’ to Recover a Hacked Facebook Account
By May 3, 2013


What originally began as Trusted Friends has been redesigned, improved and released again as Trusted Contacts. This is an account recovery feature that gives you way to reclaim your account should you ever forget your ...

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FBI, Govt. Task Force Pressure Facebook, Google to Allow Wiretapping
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A government task force is preparing legislation that would fine tech companies like Facebook and Google if they did not allow authorities access for wiretapping purposes, according to a recent report in The Washington Post. ...

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13 Million Facebook Users Have Never Adjusted Privacy Settings
By May 1, 2013


A study done by marketing blog Marketo has found that, despite growing concerns surrounding Facebook privacy and the release of Graph Search, 13 million users have never touched their privacy settings. Graph Search, the upcoming ...

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Top Ten Facebook Scams All Involve Celebrities and Sex, According to Bitdefender
By April 30, 2013


According to Romania-based anti-virus company Bitdefender, all of the top ten scams on Facebook involve celebrities supposedly caught in compromising positions. From the Rihanna-Chris Brown sex tape scam that made the rounds a few months ...

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Change your FB Color to 8 different colors – Facebook Scam
By April 27, 2013


Scam Message: Change your FB Color to 8 different colors Scam Type: Rogue Application, Survey Scam Trending: April 2013 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the scam link takes you to the following page: Clicking the ‘continue’ ...

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Hoax Claims Facebook is Shutting Down on May 15
By April 26, 2013


The same rumors and hoaxes tend to circulate on Facebook time and again. There’s the classic viral message claiming that Facebook is going to begin charging users to access the site, and another popular rumor ...

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According to Facebook, Independent Audit Finds Their Privacy Practices Acceptable
By April 25, 2013


After Facebook reached a settlement with federal regulators last year regarding its privacy practices, the site submitted itself for an independent audit review of its privacy issues. Facebook did not admit to any wrongdoing in ...

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Wall Street Wants Access to Brokers’ Private Facebook Messages
By April 24, 2013


It’s not often that the interests of privacy advocates and high-powered Wall Street brokers cross, though this case may be the rare exception; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is asking for access to brokers’ ...

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