Anyone else under the Facebook spell?

[pammy]

Hmmmmmm, that's good plan, there's no hiding now!

Indeed

 

[Sp!ke]

Dont forget that each and every friend of yours on facebook could be targetted using sophisticated social engineering techniques to find out information about *you*.

So regardless how little information you put about you on your facebook account, as long as you have friends listed, it is a very powerful tool indeed for someone wanting to do some digging into your lifestyle.

Can you trust *all* of your friends on facebook to spot a scammer? If the answer is no to even one of them then your facebook account has serious potential security implications.

 

[gl boy]

friends today can be your enemies tomorrow,,very well said,i have a face book account but it is inactive and thats the way it will stay and have no friends listed

 

[A-AvantGarde]

friends today can be your enemies tomorrow,,very well said,i have a face book account but it is inactive and thats the way it will stay and have no friends listed

True, I'm shocked by the amount of information some people do post openly. I've seen many people listing email addresses, mobile telephone numbers and some people I've even seen have listed their addresses

You need to be careful, that's true but social engineering has always existed. Perhaps people get more sophisticated, you just need to be wary. Besides, Facebook is only part of our worries when a major Government department can loose 15m+ records including bank details, home addresses and childrens names & date of births!

 

[pammy]

True - my personal info is kept very basic but I do know others how put far too much on there!!

 

[A210AMG]

Hello

Am I missing something, if your on facebook and I'm looking to view peoples details I only have access to their information by becoming their friend?

If I have understood this incorrectly then all good

 

[pammy]

Hello

Am I missing something, if your on facebook and I'm looking to view peoples details I only have access to their information by becoming their friend?

If I have understood this incorrectly then all good

Yes - but some of the applications can encourage you to accept people as friends by catching you unawares.

 

[A-AvantGarde]

Hello

Am I missing something, if your on facebook and I'm looking to view peoples details I only have access to their information by becoming their friend?

If I have understood this incorrectly then all good

Also depends upon your privacy settings for your user profile. You can allow everyone within a network to see you or just allow your friends. The settings are actually quite granular. However, as a default it's set to the most open level so everyone can see everything...

 

[Mambo]

I'm on there, pretty much addicted to it if I am being honest!

 

[timskemp]

You'll find me on there too - mostly playing Scrabulous!

 

[pammy]

You'll find me on there too - mostly playing Scrabulous!

We have a group of 4 playing Scrabulous too - it's fab. Also do jigsaw puzzles.

 

[Alfie]

.................................................................................... Besides, Facebook is only part of our worries when a major Government department can loose 15m+ records including bank details, home addresses and childrens names & date of births!

My wife got a letter from HM customs and revenue today to say that she was one of the people on the list (Child allowance I think). They apologised (a bit late for that) but the info they 'lost' includes her full name, address, date of birth, NI number bank account details, kids names and address, dates of birth.

What with the recent revelations over donations, the complete ineptitude of their departments, these morons need to be booted out! Sorry to go off topic.....

 

[television]

Maybe I could find miss right on there, but I dont have time for much more when I have finished on this one :bannana:

 

[timskemp]

My wife got a letter from HM customs and revenue today to say that she was one of the people on the list (Child allowance I think). They apologised (a bit late for that) but the info they 'lost' includes her full name, address, date of birth, NI number bank account details, kids names and address, dates of birth.

What with the recent revelations over donations, the complete ineptitude of their departments, these morons need to be booted out! Sorry to go off topic.....

And the letter has her NI number, name, address and child benefit number on it, and was sent in normal post along with a few million other letters in the same style envelope. We've not had one, I reckon the big ID theft risk now is that letter more than the disks!

 

[pammy]

And the letter has her NI number, name, address and child benefit number on it, and was sent in normal post along with a few million other letters in the same style envelope. We've not had one, I reckon the big ID theft risk now is that letter more than the disks!

As does every letter coming from HMRC in relation to Child Benefit and Tax credit, and prob your PAYE/Tax. And every letter from DWP regarding a benefit claim. It is nothing new.

I got mine and one for the person who used to live at my address. They clearly haven't told HMRC they've moved. That's just giving your identity away!

There's no greater risk of identity theft from a letter than there ever was. That's just paranoia.

 

[Tan]

Do mbclub.co.uk have a group on facebook?

 

[Jon_F]

My wife got a letter from HM customs and revenue today to say that she was one of the people on the list (Child allowance I think). They apologised (a bit late for that) but the info they 'lost' includes her full name, address, date of birth, NI number bank account details, kids names and address, dates of birth.

What with the recent revelations over donations, the complete ineptitude of their departments, these morons need to be booted out! Sorry to go off topic.....

I got a similar letter from the MOD - all my details were on a laptop stolen from some moron who works at the AFCO in Birmingham. Luckily there were no bank details involved and my address has since changed but thats beside the point!!!

 

[Jon_F]

Oh, and on topic - yes, my wife and I are both addicted to 'Crackbook'

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Do mbclub.co.uk have a group on facebook?

Good idea!

 

[Mark300SL]

Here is a litle thought provoking article

http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2008/02/27/facebooks-rights-grab-how-far-does-it-go/


Basically if you post a thumbnail on facebook that leads to a pic on YOUR server then under facebooks draconian terms of use you have signed all copyright of that image over to them forever at zero cost!

I am just an enthusiastic amateur photographer but I do have a few photos that I have sold , but if I posted a link to one of those pictures ( hosted here, on my own server or elsewhere) to facebook - then that picture will be sucked down by facebook and once that happens they actually own that picture to use/sell as they please!


This has come from my indignation of finding that the BBC want full copyright over any image submitted to them, as do National Geographic, and many others. Flikr licences have to be looked at very carefully too - as the creative commons licence that they want you to use also signs away all your rights!


BTW - Myspace does this too !



And I still dont and wont use either


Mark