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Jason Allen / Amy Allen virus hoax spreads on Facebook

Published by pratyushkp on May 26th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

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A new virus hoax is spreading on Facebook, shared by well-intentioned users who believe they are warning their friends and family about a threat – but, in reality, are just adding to the noise.

Messages being shared across Facebook warn users not to add as a Facebook friend people called “Jason Allen” or “Amy Allen“.

Here are some of the versions of the chain letter message we have seen:

ATTENTION ALL FACEBOOK USERS;IF SOMEONE WITH THE NAME JASON ALLEN OR AMY ALLEN TRIES TO ADD YOU..DO NOT ACCEPT.IT IS A VIRUS.TELL EVEYBODY BECAUSE IF SOMEONE ON YOUR LIST ADDS THEM YOU WILL GET THE VIRUS TOO.COPY PASTE AND RE-POST THIS.THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY FACEBOOK SNOPES..

HEADS UP EVERYONE
ATTENTION !!!ATTENTION !!! ATTENTION !!! ATTENTION ALL FACEBOOK USERS**... DO NOT ADD *JASON ALLEN*, ALSO IF SOMEBODY CALLED *AMY ALLEN* ADDS YOU, DON'T ACCEPT... IT IS A VIRUS. TELL EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS THEM, YOU GET THE VIRUS TOO. **COPY AND PASTE AND PLEASE RE POST* THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY FACEBOOK AND SNOPES

The truth is that this is a hoax. You’re not really doing others a favour at all if you post or forward the warning to other Facebook users. It’s just the latest example of the many hoaxes we have seen spreading over the internet for some years. Just last month we saw a very similar virus hoax spreading on Facebook, but using the names Jason Lee and Linda Smith rather than Jason and Amy Allen.

If you think about it, a warning about Facebook users called “Amy Allen” and “Jason Allen” isn’t actually that helpful. After all, just imagine how many people have names like that! And if users called that weren’t up to no good, and saw the warning being spread about them, wouldn’t they just change their online names?

Furthermore, according to the warning, Facebook is said to have confirmed the threat. If that’s true, then precisely where has Facebook confirmed it? Why is there no link in the warning where people can discover more about the threat?

Remember to always get your computer security advice from a computer security company. Friends may be well-intentioned in passing on warnings, but it’s always good to check your facts before forwarding them any further.

Source :-http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

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47% of Facebook Users Have Profanity on Their Walls

Published by pratyushkp on May 25th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

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Facebook’s valuation isn’t the only thing that’s obscene about the social network: A survey has also found a lot of Facebook walls contain profanity.

Reppler, a month-old firm that markets online reputation management tools, released Monday the results of a survey of 30,000 users. The data show that 47% of those users have profanity on their Facebook wall. Of those users, 80% have at least one post or comment with profanity from a friend. Posts and comments with profanity on a user’s Facebook wall come from friends 56% of the time.

Walls seem to be the vehicle of choice for cuss words; users are twice as likely to use profanity on their Facebook wall vs. in their comments. The most common profane word? Not surprisingly, the F word and its various iterations came in first, followed by “sh*t” and “b*tch” and their sundry versions.

Though the data show obscenities are rampant on Facebook, they pale in comparison to drinking references. Another study from America’s Journal of Men’s Health discovered that male undergrad students reference alcohol in their profiles 85.53% of the time. Those who mentioned alcohol in their profiles also tended to have more friends than those who didn’t, according to the study.

Source :- http://mashable.com

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Google Social Search link moves forward

Published by pratyushkp on May 24th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

Social Search a feature provided by Google combines regular search results with publicly available data of friends- friends would generally mean Google contacts, Google talk and other networks from Google account.        

This feature was recently subjected to lot of controversy when Facebook a stiff competitor used a PR firm to release negative stories about Social Search to the press. Facebook claims that Google has been using Facebook data to run its service without Facebook’s permission.

Google has chosen to remain quiet on this issue and has mentioned only about Twitter in its blog post. Social Search shall be available in 19 more languages from next week, with more languages on the way. Google may probably not be allowed to enter facebook users communication as Facebook’s internal search engine Bing , from Microsoft, is the rival to Google search engine.

While the web is growing fast as a tool to search information about anything, Google will definitely grab its share from other companies. As Google is the search engine powerhouse and as people trust Google’s results this is definitely a smart move from Google’s perspective.

Source :- http://www.clickindia.com

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Twitter Will Now Send You An Email If A Follower Retweets Or Favorites Your Tweets

Published by pratyushkp on May 24th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

Twitter just sent out a Tweet notifying users that starting today, the startup is “rolling out an email notification that lets you know if someone you follow retweets or favorites one of your Tweets.”

Users currently receive email notifications when they receive a new followers and when they are sent direct messages. Emails notifying you of retweets and favorites, while convenient, seems like it could cause an email overload for some power users.

Of course, it is an interesting feature considering that Twitter is looking to make its platform more powerful for users, as it faces competition from other clients. What do you think—will retweet notifications be useful or will you find it to be spammy?

Source :- http://techcrunch.com/

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Facebook Adopts Microsoft PhotoDNA To Remove Child Pornography

Published by pratyushkp on May 23rd, 2011 - in Social, Technology

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Facebook has partnered with Microsoft to fight child pornography online.

The social network will implement Microsoft’s PhotoDNA technology, designed to identify and remove images that exploit or endanger children.

Developed for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, PhotoDNA creates a “blueprint” of an inappropriate or offensive image and can search through billions of other images to locate photos with similarly inappropriate features.

Microsoft currently uses PhotoDNA in Bing, Skydrive and Hotmail.

Bill Harmon, associate general counsel at the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, announced the partnership in a blog post. Writes Harmon,

Facebook’s bold step forward to become the first online service provider to join Microsoft in partnership with NCMEC on the PhotoDNA program sends a strong message: We will not tolerate the use of our services to victimize children in this way when we have the technology to do something about it. We hope that Facebook’s adoption of PhotoDNA serves as a springboard for other online service providers to take advantage of the opportunity available through NCMEC’s PhotoDNA program and, in fact, we know that others are exploring the possibility right now.

Facebook and Microsoft will hold a public event on Friday May 20 at 3 p.m. to discuss this effort. You can tune in via Facebook’s DC Live: Protecting Kids Online page.

Source :- http://www.huffingtonpost.com

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