Comments on: Facebook Hacked! (Or Rather, The Door Was Left Unlocked) http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/ Thoughts on Web 2.0, Social Media, Marketing. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:10:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: A break-in of the Facebook Walled Garden — Shooting at Bubbles http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/comment-page-1/#comment-226153 A break-in of the Facebook Walled Garden — Shooting at Bubbles Sun, 31 May 2009 03:24:54 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/#comment-226153 [...] I liked Tony Hung’s response to a commenter on Deep Jive Interests who thought an update to Tony’s original post was [...] [...] I liked Tony Hung’s response to a commenter on Deep Jive Interests who thought an update to Tony’s original post was [...]

]]> By: Theresa http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/comment-page-1/#comment-91273 Theresa Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:30:22 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/#comment-91273 Listening to you guys is like attending a seminar with a panel of speakers discussing, in Greek, the molecular properties of black holes. Great if you are a Greek speaking solar phyicist (excuse the spelling, it's late)I arrived in on the reparte among you fellows while trying to investigate the new requirements in downloading Smiley Faces on Facebook. I am a real neophyte to the world of the Internet. Although I posess a humble BA/Arts and a certificate in Admin. Assist/Computer Appls, I have learned what I know on the Internet by trial and error. I have only used the internet at Employment Centres up to now. I have a homebuilt PC with 256 RAM and 7.78 Harddrive. Therefore, I was reluctant to download anything that would slow down or shut down my humble computer. I really enjoyed sending and receiving Talking Smileys on Facebook. Not excessively, of course. I even sent to my self occassionly for a quick laugh. Imagine my shagrin (sp? haven't time to consult the ole Webster's) when I discovered I had to download FlashPlayer. Having decided that this "might" be a safe move I proceeded to do so. Meanwhile, in a moment of internet abondone I had foolishly downloaded Wedfetti. I notice problems with my impotent PC right away, not that that was necessarily the cause as if I would know anyway. In any case, after much trial and error I rid myself of this pest to lo and behold I found this pesty criter now on Facebook's Talking Smiley's as a requirement to downloading. This is what lead me to you esteemed gentelmen. I just want you to know that we ignorant masses will not go down without protest and if you really want to be of help to people like myself, please include in your link (is that what you how you refer to the info line I clicked on to?) some information that your average S.O.B can understand. Thanks guys! Theresa Duplessis Fredericton New Brunswick (Maritimes Canada Listening to you guys is like attending a seminar with a panel of speakers discussing, in Greek, the molecular properties of black holes. Great if you are a Greek speaking solar phyicist (excuse the spelling, it’s late)I arrived in on the reparte among you fellows while trying to investigate the new requirements in downloading Smiley Faces on Facebook. I am a real neophyte to the world of the Internet. Although I posess a humble BA/Arts and a certificate in Admin. Assist/Computer Appls, I have learned what I know on the Internet by trial and error. I have only used the internet at Employment Centres up to now. I have a homebuilt PC with 256 RAM and 7.78 Harddrive. Therefore, I was reluctant to download anything that would slow down or shut down my humble computer. I really enjoyed sending and receiving Talking Smileys on Facebook. Not excessively, of course. I even sent to my self occassionly for a quick laugh. Imagine my shagrin (sp? haven’t time to consult the ole Webster’s) when I discovered I had to download FlashPlayer. Having decided that this “might” be a safe move I proceeded to do so. Meanwhile, in a moment of internet abondone I had foolishly downloaded Wedfetti. I notice problems with my impotent PC right away, not that that was necessarily the cause as if I would know anyway. In any case, after much trial and error I rid myself of this pest to lo and behold I found this pesty criter now on Facebook’s Talking Smiley’s as a requirement to downloading. This is what lead me to you esteemed gentelmen. I just want you to know that we ignorant masses will not go down without protest and if you really want to be of help to people like myself, please include in your link (is that what you how you refer to the info line I clicked on to?) some information that your average S.O.B can understand.

Thanks guys!

Theresa Duplessis
Fredericton New Brunswick (Maritimes
Canada

]]> By: Startup Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship - Powered by SocialRank http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/comment-page-1/#comment-80596 Startup Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship - Powered by SocialRank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:04:07 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/#comment-80596 [...] Deep Jive Interests » Facebook Hacked! (Or Rather, The Door Was Left Unlocked) [...] [...] Deep Jive Interests » Facebook Hacked! (Or Rather, The Door Was Left Unlocked) [...]

]]> By: Red Facedbook http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/comment-page-1/#comment-76427 Red Facedbook Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:01:35 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/#comment-76427 Facebook is now calling these concerns "kinks" and, when you read the fine print, cannot even garentee the safety of the applications and, thus, shirks its responsibilities to users safety by adding a sentence that amounts to "use at your own risk". Talking smileys, the "webfetti" toolbar has Adware attached to it ... heavan forbid there are actually clever script kiddies authoring these "applications" and distributing them to the unsuspecting masses. There is even a chain mail going around that warns people of a hacker, citing an email address, and recommending no one accept his friend request "because he will get your computers ID". This may be a load of crap but it begs the question of whether or not ones IP address is vulnerable to those on their friends network - and what facebook plan to do to ensure the safety of its users. I do wonder, in lieu of the recent lawsuits associated with the developers of facebook, whether people have rushed into a cyber-fad that is nothing more than a large database information on virtually anyone to harvest from. Too many teething problems, security flaws and "kinks" nullify the viability of the facebook project. At least as it stands today. Facebook is now calling these concerns “kinks” and, when you read the fine print, cannot even garentee the safety of the applications and, thus, shirks its responsibilities to users safety by adding a sentence that amounts to “use at your own risk”.

Talking smileys, the “webfetti” toolbar has Adware attached to it … heavan forbid there are actually clever script kiddies authoring these “applications” and distributing them to the unsuspecting masses.

There is even a chain mail going around that warns people of a hacker, citing an email address, and recommending no one accept his friend request “because he will get your computers ID”. This may be a load of crap but it begs the question of whether or not ones IP address is vulnerable to those on their friends network – and what facebook plan to do to ensure the safety of its users.

I do wonder, in lieu of the recent lawsuits associated with the developers of facebook, whether people have rushed into a cyber-fad that is nothing more than a large database information on virtually anyone to harvest from.

Too many teething problems, security flaws and “kinks” nullify the viability of the facebook project. At least as it stands today.

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]]> By: Ian http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/comment-page-1/#comment-62934 Ian Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:39:04 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/#comment-62934 I created a new Facebook account over the weekend, confirmed my registration and proceeded to add friends, edit profile information, etc. However, after logging out, I could not get back in... and trying to recover my password gave me a message saying that my email address was not registered. I was even able to recreate a new account using the same email address... GRRR! Has anyone else experienced this issue, or could this be related to source code exposure? I created a new Facebook account over the weekend, confirmed my registration and proceeded to add friends, edit profile information, etc. However, after logging out, I could not get back in… and trying to recover my password gave me a message saying that my email address was not registered. I was even able to recreate a new account using the same email address… GRRR! Has anyone else experienced this issue, or could this be related to source code exposure?

]]> By: Ecommerce Lounge - Todays top blog posts on Internet Marketing - Powered by SocialRank http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/comment-page-1/#comment-62527 Ecommerce Lounge - Todays top blog posts on Internet Marketing - Powered by SocialRank Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:28:51 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/08/12/facebook-hacked-by-an-inside-job/#comment-62527 [...] Deep Jive Interests » Facebook Hacked! (Or Rather, The Door Was Left Unlocked) [...] [...] Deep Jive Interests » Facebook Hacked! (Or Rather, The Door Was Left Unlocked) [...]

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