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Facebook Security Weakness Discovered

Chris
Posted by Chris May 01, 2008
Categories: Social Networks, Web

Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, California

The BBC’s technology programme Click has exposed a security flaw in the social networking site Facebook which could compromise privacy.

BBC Exposes Facebook Flaw

This BBC report claims to expose the security problem even though it is noted in the Facebook Terms and Conditions, as Spencer Kelly mentions in his report.

Is the BBC overreacting? This report ought to make people think more about their online safety and that is a good thing.

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Safari Not Blocked By PayPal

Chris
Posted by Chris April 24, 2008
Categories: Apple, Dugg, Web

Apple Safari Web Browser IconA followup, by MacUser’s Simon Aughton, to the report that PayPal were going to block “unsafe browsers”.

Good news for Safari users – still bad news for users of aging versions of MicroSoft Internet Explorer.



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PayPal to Block Unsafe Web Browsers

Chris
Posted by Chris April 18, 2008
Categories: Dugg, Web

Paypal Security

The BBC has reported that Paypal, the online payment company, are to block uses who use insecure web browsers.

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