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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Facebook Security Problem

I received this from a military contractor that specializes in computer security:

A recent Facebook change is "Instant Personalization," which gives other
websites (Yelp, Pandora, and Microsoft Docs, at the moment) personal
information from your Facebook profile as soon as you visit their pages.

Even if you opt out of Instant Personalization, your friends can leak
information about you unless you block each application individually.


According to a 24 April ZDNET security blog entry, 1.5 million Facebook
accounts have been compromised and offered for sale. This might be a good
time to change your Facebook password, doing so from a confirmed malware-free host.

Info on this:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6304

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/how-opt-out-facebook-s-instant-personalization

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-further-reduces-control-over-personal-information

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