Oh well, that happens....JessicaMadison said:It kind of does sound like it was just a joke.
False...Facebook has admitted repeatedly to windows and backdoors and other serious privacy issues....it's all over CBC News right now, and has been for a while....they are one of the worst when it comes to privacy issues, and have also been charged on multiple occasions with privacy violations.Xero said:Well, I hear you on that definitely, but I do like facebook and my profile is entirely private. Only my friends (and I only add friends that I KNOW) can see my profile information, pictures, wall, anything. The only thing a stranger can see is my single profile picture and POSSIBLY some basic info, if any (and you can make all of that private too!!!!). I also have a very strong password, and facebook has a surprisingly strong security system.
I know you posted that google search, but you should go a little further to actually click on those links and see if you can find an actual, valid way to "hack" someone's facebook account. Its really not possible unless you trick someone into giving you their password. The whole thought of having your facebook or myspace hacked is complete paranoia, and only possible with a password, in which case its not really hacking, its stupidity.
As for seeing a map that shows exactly where someone is located when posting, I haven't seen that but I believe it. Either way, that doesn't bother me, because the only people that would have access to that are my friends, in which case they already know where I'm located so it really doesn't make a difference.
Well, no need for them to post their address...facebook will do that for free for them, by knowing their IP address....then someone could simply do an address lookup, and get their number. Not really that hard to do...most facebook pages will state the city and town...an IP lookup will tell them even more.JessicaMadison said:I mean. I let my older two kids have facebook obviously. They've had it for awhile but they know their limits. To never post their address, phone number etc. From what Bailey tells me a lot of people have their number posted on their. I've never had a problem with it. But I did hear that potential employers can look at facebook. Which personally I don't really think is right. I'm sure it can cause problems. I don't doubt that. But as long as you're pretty safe with it and only add friends/family you know then I think that's fine! I really don't want to spy on them. But I do get my cousin who they've added to give me some updates! I guess online bullying could be an issue. But if that happened, I would take care of it! Hahaha
I'm sort of interested in that McGruff Crime Dog. What exactly does it do? Just track everything they do online or what?
Wow, you sure are trusting in your fellow man Xero....not me.Xero said:I thought those activity spyer type things were installed software only? Why would they make something like that that could be used from anywhere but the computer being spyed on?
I'm soooo not trying to argue lol, but there's no way I'll believe any of this without proof. I don't know everything, so there could be things I don't know about of course, but I just gotta see to believe ya know? lol Oh, and I did see that stuff about facebook and privacy on NBC but it didn't have anything to do with hacking. Facebook was just violating some kind of internet privacy laws, and the problem was fixed directly afterwards (also on NBC).
And as for McGruff SafeGuard, it is definitely a software that you download to YOUR computer, and you can spy on the activity on THAT computer. You can't just download a program that will allow you to spy on any computer you choose, like you can just type in "my neighbor" or "music-dad's real name" and spy on their computer. That kind of thing EXISTS, but its VERY hard to get your hands on and its VERY difficult to use, and its considered to be a hack/virus that most computers should be protected against using Norton or something similar. At best, you MIGHT be able to pay a lot of money to get someone to do it for you, and it would be hard just to find the person since that kind of thing is obviously rather under cover.
McGruff SafeGuard- Free Spy Software Download to Watch Your Kids Online
(MUST be installed using THEIR computer, by your physical presence)
I know a lot about hacking, I've read about it and talked about it with other people educated with it, and it is not anywhere near as easy or possible as some people think. Not just any old creep has the access or intelligence to use those types of programs. I would completely 100% bet you my next pay check you couldn't come close to hacking my facebook page. lol
And I mean I'm not in any way saying that hacking doesn't exist, or its impossible to hack facebook, I'm just saying that its really hard and it takes a lot of talent and possibly in some cases a bit of stupidity on the behalf of the facebook user. For instance, I have heard that someone could be interested in you, and easily duplicate one of your friend's profiles, and in that case, you add them thinking you know them and then they have access to all your stuff!! Possible, can happen to anyone, but if you're careful enough and you're paying attention it shouldn't happen. Even that doesn't track chats though. I also know of a few hacks that a person could use on their own profile, to change their page and view their own past chat history and other usually unavailable stuff on facebook too. It just doesn't own up to the danger you're talking about, though.
Music-dad said:Oh don't get me wrong, I don't live in fear...I chose a very public life being a musician, so it's not like I'm hard to find...and I have even entrusted this place with pics of us, recordings, vids etc...my issue is just with facebook.