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A Massachusetts woman plans to sue Facebook for not taking down a Facebook page that was created in her name by her rapist, who used the page to post nude photos of the woman and publicly embarrass her. “I could not walk my own dog down the street without being made to feel like a …

Scam Message: Messages like the one shown below are being spammed to Facebook Groups and possibly through other channels on Facebook (messages, newsfeed, etc.) Scam Type: Fraudulent Online Retailer Trending: December 2013 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the scam link redirects you to the site shown below: Don’t let the good looks fool you. Scammers …

Facebook is well known for having confusing and obscure and privacy controls. The little things do make a difference, and this is especially true when it comes to your online privacy and security. Facebook gives users the ability to control who sees their friends list. We recommend setting this feature to ‘Only Me.’ When cyber …

There is a new spam message making the rounds on Facebook that purports to show criminals who have taken advantage of users’ friends. The spam message says that either the sender of the message or another friend have been the victim of a crime and that they need the targeted user’s help. The messages also …

Facebook and seven other major tech companies, including Google, Apple and Twitter, sent an open letter to lawmakers in Washington this week calling for a reform of the government surveillance program revealed to the public this summer after rogue NSA employee Edward Snowden leaked confidential documents. “We understand that governments have a duty to protect …

Recent company filings from Facebook reveal that the site exported €645 million (about $883 million in U.S. dollars) in United Kingdom earnings to the Cayman Islands, according to The Guardian. The Cayman Islands have much looser tax laws than the United States and Europe, leading many to speculate that Facebook made the move to dodge …

More than 2 million stolen passwords for websites like Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and other web services were posted online this week, according to the security company Trustwave. The company speculates that this huge security breach was the result of keylogging software uploaded on thousands of computers worldwide. “We don’t know how many of these details …

Facebook announced on Monday that it will move toward a more refined newsfeed system, showing users more hard news stories and, as the site put it, “high quality content.” This move is an attempt to retain user interest in the site and to boost its legitimacy, but the new algorithms could also help clean up …

Fraud prevention experts estimate that cybercriminals commit about 80 percent more online fraud during the holiday season than the rest of the year. That’s why it is the perfect time for Abine to roll out DoNotTrackMe 3.0, a browser extension that stops online trackers from finding your contact and credit card info. DoNotTrackMe’s core features …

When users download Facebook’s free Messenger App for mobile devices, the odds are good that they don’t thoroughly read the Terms of Service that Facebook makes them agree to before downloading. However, as The Huffington Post pointed out in a recent blog, it might be a good idea for users to take a closer look. …

 A New Jersey court ruled this week that sex offenders on parole don’t have the right to use Facebook and other social networking sites. In a 54-page opinion, the three-judge panel who upheld the law said that sex offenders are more likely to repeat their crimes than other criminals, and thus should not be allowed …

 A warning has circulated on Facebook for three years running that warns users to avoid a “Christmas tree app” that will supposedly infect and crash their computers if downloaded. The warning, which users are encouraged to paste and spread to their friends, reads: “WARNING!!!!!! ….. Do not use the Christmas tree app. on Facebook. Please …

Law enforcement has stepped up its efforts in recent years to patrol social media and gather evidence on potential criminals. However, crooks don’t usually make it as easy for the cops as Rosenberg, Texas, criminal Rolando Lozano did, writing on a police department’s Facebook wall after they published his mug shot on their page asking …

A security researcher found a vulnerability in Facebook’s “People You May Know” feature that allows anyone to see a users’ list of friends – even when the user has set that information to private. The researcher, Irene Abezgauz from the Quotium Seeker Research Center, found a diabolically simple way to exploit the weakness. All a …

They’re so popular, those ubiquitous mobile devices. For better or worse, we’ve evolved into a society that is a texting, Facebooking, Snapchatting, online-banking, TMI-ing, forever-connected, 24/7-kind of world.  And 85% of users are connecting to social media sites via public WiFi! There’s positives to that, for sure, and is a great way to stay connected. …

Whenever people are buzzing about a new piece of technology, online scammers and con artists aren’t far behind to exploit the phenomenon. With the launches of both Sony’s PS4 gaming system and Microsoft’s Xbox One, cybercriminals are taking to Facebook and other social media outlets to take advantage of curious users. The scam works like …

Facebook rejiggered its privacy settings last week to ensure that users can no longer make themselves unsearchable on the site’s new Graph Search function. However, as CNET reported last week, the policy change also guaranteed that users can no longer hide their profile pictures, cover photos or personal networks from anyone searching for them. “Your …

All Facebook users have an ‘Activity Log’ that tracks your actions across the platform, and this includes anything you have searched for on Facebook. Only you can see your search history, so this information isn’t available to your friends or to the public. However, if you use a shared computer or if you are worried …

Facebook’s product manager for the special products group, Erick Tseng, spoke at length this week about the site’s plans to expand into both Wi-Fi Internet connections and wearable technology. Tseng said that Facebook is currently working with merchants like Cisco to provide “Facebook Wi-Fi,” a technology that would allow users to gain Internet access by …

Laraine Cook, an Idaho high school girls’ basketball coach, was fired from her job this week after posting a relatively tame photo on her Facebook profile of her fiancé, a football coach at the school, grabbing her breast. The photo was reportedly posted as part of a vacation album on Cook’s profile and then removed …