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Beware of 3rd Party Facebook Applications
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I don’t want anyone to think I’m ignoring them when I don’t respond to many of these 3rd party Facebook applications. If the application is not developed by Facebook or a company I recognize as reputable, I will likely not respond to the notification since it requires I add the application to my Facebook account.
When you add an application, you are giving the 3rd party developer carte blanche to your profile information and list of friends. This is how phishing schemes and ID theft is being introduced into the Facebook community. Read More→
Usernames and Passwords, Oh My!
Posted by: | CommentsHow many user names and passwords do you have to remember? I have over 1000 and climbing daily! What’s a user to do?
It’s out of control. Every time you visit a new web site you usually have to register or create an account. In the process, you attempt to at least create a user name you’ve used on most other sites on which you’ve registered. What if that one is taken? You must then use something different from your preferred user name, which we in the tech world call a “one-off.” Read More→
Don’t Be a Victim of Domain Robbery
Posted by: | CommentsI just had to start a category on scams after the phone call I just received. Of course, there was no CallerID associated with the call. After several hellos, a woman came on the line and told me she was from the “Domain Registry Service.” Uh, huh. Yeah, right.
As a grin crossed my face, I said “Yes?” after which she proceeded to tell me that there are upcoming changes to the registration for my domain name and they wanted to alert me to them so that I could take action. Read More→
