Facebook & Identity Theft
kiakanpa | 01 May, 2008 14:57
This has been known about for a while - but as the BBC have 'just exposed it' I thought I would post it here for the people who have not heard.
From BBC:
Personal details of Facebook users could potentially be stolen, the BBC technology programme Click has found.
The popular social networking site allows users to add a variety of applications to their profile.
But a malicious program, masquerading as a harmless application, could potentially harvest personal data.
Facebook says users should exercise caution when adding applications. Any programs which violate their terms will be removed, the network said.
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Facebook
T.Strand | 01/05/2008, 19:50
The site got in some trouble earlier for providing purchase information of users to people on their friends list, a type of peer pressure to push products.