Facebook News Summary – Issue #1 10 January 2008

This is a new weekly post that will provide a summary of everything Facebook. Such is the popularity of this social networking site, there is just too much going on to continually post up, so I thought a weekly summary of the top stories would be the best solution.

Scoble Gets His Facebook Accout Disabled

Celebrity blogger and Plaxo get into a brief spat with Facebook over data portability. Nick Carr sums it up nicely…
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CEOs on Facebook easy to dupe, says researcher

A security company did a test and managed to get a number of CEOs and other senior execs to disclose a potentially dangerous personal information to them via Facebook. This could be used for a so-called spear-phishing attack…
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Facebook Ads Make You the Star — And You May Not Know It

Your profile photo might end up in a Facebook Social Ad without you being any the wiser…
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Facebook users warned of ‘secret crush’ threat

According to Check Point (CHKP:21.77, -0.81, -3.6%) , the threat spreads by sending Facebook users a note that a friend has a “crush” on them. The user is asked to download an application, which leads to an adware application.

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The Predicated Data Portability War is Over Before it Began

Facebook and Google have joined DataPortability.org, the organisation trying to establish standards for how your personal data can be shared between your chosen social networks and online services…
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Facebook Changes the Dynamics of Presidential Debate Spin

Can social networks influence politics? Yep. The amount of debate and media going online in the current US election is quite astounding.
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