The Toronto Star reports on the massive hacking attempts of Ontario porn company, SlickCash, on Facebook’s servers. A Canadian company specializing in Internet porn is being sued by Facebook amid allegations it hacked the popular social networking website’s computers and tried to access the personal information of users, court documents show. A numbered Ontario company, [...]
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Facebook Sues Canadian Internet Porn Company for Hacking Attempt
December 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Data Breaches, Social Networking
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Facebook CEO Apologizes for Privacy Invading Beacon Ads
December 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Privacy and Marketing, Social Networking
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a public apology and stated that Facebook has made provisions to allow its members to turn the ads off. Today, finally, Zuckerberg did what critics — including MoveOn.org, which took an early stand in the case — had been demanding: he allowed people to turn Beacon off. He also made [...]
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Yes, Facebook Is Watching You But You Can Pull Down the Shades
December 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Privacy and Marketing, Social Networking
CA’s recent research has uncovered the troubling extent to which Facebook tracks its members, even after they have logged out. Amid heightened concerns surrounding Facebook’s new advertising platform, the social networking site has given users a new reason not to trust it: Researchers recently busted the company for tracking users activities on external sites, even [...]
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