The Stop Internet Piracy Act – SOPA is to the Internet what a giant meteor would be to Earth. Hopefully, this particular meteor is still pretty rough around the edges and will miss its mark, but it is going to need your help to do it. Its presence alone is enough to make an entire…

Facebook meetups have mostly been discouraged by security buffs, and for good reason. In this day and age, it’s very difficult to be sure that your Facebook friends are really who they say they are. That nice-looking guy who claims to have the same fondness for cooking as you do might just be a serial…

With the new Timeline being implemented, another hoax is spreading misinformation and confusion among Facebook users. The following message has gone viral and is showing up on Newsfeeds everywhere: “With the new ‘FB timeline’ on its way this week for EVERYONE…please do both of us a favor: Hover over my name above. In a few…

Scam Signature Message: Get 1 F.R.E.E. Walgreens Gift Card! (limited time only) CLICK HERE & CLAIM NOW Scam Type: Bogus Offer Trending: December 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: As usual, here you are asked to Post the scam message to your profile.  After clicking ‘like’,…

If you were given a choice between a cramped bus and a nice, comfy car – which would you pick? Most people would choose the latter. However, would you still go for the car if you knew you had to share it with a complete stranger? Hitching a ride is a practice that one could…

Facebook released a post yesterday detailing the findings of a three month probe by the Irish Data Protection Commission. Facebook has agreed to make several changes to the platform based on the recommendations of the audit. Furthermore, the company has promised more transparency in what they do with our data, how they do it and…

Lately, we have noticed an alarming trend in how Facebook scams are being spread among users. Scammers will exploit every method and medium to disseminate their malware and mayhem. We have seen like-jacking, click-jacking & tag-jacking attacks, rogue applications, the abuse of Facebook messages and chat, browser exploits…you name it. The last couple of scams…

Just before 2011 makes its exit, Facebook finally implemented a new feature that people either love or hate: Timeline. As it turns out, timeline is just a preview of things to come in 2012. It was recently confirmed in a statement by Facebook last Tuesday that they would be running “sponsored stories” in our newsfeeds.…

Have you ever tried contacting whoever is running a Facebook fanpage only to realize that the only way to do so is to post your message on the page’s wall? Private messaging is conspicuously absent when it comes to fanpages, so it’s either you broadcast your question to the world and expose yourself or just…

When we signed up, most of us saw Facebook as a place where we could converse with our friends and reconnect with old ones. We saw it as a nifty little tool; a place to share things with our pals, and a place to tell stories of life’s events. But now we have to face…