Topic: Facebook is most dangerous website on the internet (Read 1936 times)
It can be dangerous in some ways like it will expose yr information to strangers .But it is definitely not the most dangerous website on internet.
Well those you mentioned are everywhere around the world. You should not have blamed Facebook.
Facebook is a place where we can make friends, share memorable experiences in life. But some individuals and organizations use this site to cheat, making facebook extremely complex and dangerous.
Facebook claims it has 400 million users. But are they well-protected from prying eyes, scammers and unwanted marketers?
Not according to Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online.
She says your privacy may be at far greater risk of being violated than you know when you log onto Facebook, due to security gaffes or marketing efforts by the company.
Facebook came under fire this week, when 15 privacy and consumer protection organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, charging that the site, among other things, manipulates privacy settings to make users' personal information available for commercial use. Also, some Facebook users found their private chats accessible to everyone on their contact list - a major security breach that's left a lot of people wondering just how secure the site is.
In two words, asserts Goodchild - not very.
On "The Early Show on Saturday Morning," she spotlighted five dangers she says Facebook users expose themselves to, probably without aware of it:
• Your information is being shared with third parties
• Privacy settings revert to a less safe default mode after each redesign
• Facebook ads may contain malware
• Your real friends unknowingly make you vulnerable
• Scammers are creating fake profiles
Is Facebook a secure platform to communicate with your friends?
Here's the thing; Facebook is one of the most popular sites in the world. … Security holes are being found on a regular basis. … It is not as inherently secure as people think it is when they log on every day.
Certainly, there are growing pains. Facebook is considered a young company and it has been around a few years now. It is continuing to figure this out. They are so young they are still trying to figure out how they are going to make money. They don't even have a revenue model yet. It is hard to compare this to others; we have never had this phenomenon before in the way people are communicating with each other - only e-mail comes close.
The potential for crime is real. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, victims of Internet-related crimes lost $559 million in 2009. That was up 110 percent from the previous year. If you're not careful using Facebook, you are looking at the potential for identity theft, or possibly even something like assault if you share information with a dangerous person you think is actually a "friend." One British police agency recently reported the number of crimes they've responded to in the last year involving Facebook climbed 346 percent. These are real threats.
Lately, it seems a week doesn't go by without some new news about a Facebook-related security problem.
Earlier this week, a publication called "TechCrunch" discovered a security hole that made it possible for users to read their friends' private chats. Facebook has since patched it, but who knows how long that flaw existed? Some speculate it may have been that way for years.
Last month, researchers at VeriSign's iDefense group discovered a hacker was selling Facebook user names and passwords in an underground hacker forum. It was estimated he had about 1.5 million accounts - and was selling them for between $25 and $45.
And the site is constantly under attack from hackers trying to spam these 400 million users, or harvest their data, or run other scams. Certainly, there is a lot of criticism in the security community of Facebook's handling of security. Perhaps the most frustrating thing is that the company rarely responds to inquiries.
Do people really have privacy on Facebook?
No. There are all kinds of ways third parties can access information about you. For instance, you may not realize that, when you are playing the popular games on Facebook, such as Farmville, or take those popular quizzes, every time you do that, you authorize an application to be downloaded to your profile that you may not realize gives information to third parties.
Does Facebook share info about users with third parties through things such as Open Graph?
Open Graph is a new concept for them - they unveiled it last week at a conference. It actually is basically a way to share the information in your profile with all kinds of third parties, such as partner websites, so they can have a better idea of your interests and what you are discussing, so they can - as they portray it - "make it a more personal experience."
The theory behind Open Graph - even if they have not implemented it - is their whole business model, isn't it?
Well, that is the business model - they are trying to get you to share as much information as possible so they can monetize it by sharing it with advertisers.
Isn't it in Facebook's best interest to get you to share as much info as possible?
It absolutely is. Facebook's mission is to get you to share as much information as it can so it can share it with advertisers. As it looks now, the more info you share the more they are going to with advertisers and make more money.
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/five-hidden-dangers-of-facebook/
Not according to Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online.
She says your privacy may be at far greater risk of being violated than you know when you log onto Facebook, due to security gaffes or marketing efforts by the company.
Facebook came under fire this week, when 15 privacy and consumer protection organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, charging that the site, among other things, manipulates privacy settings to make users' personal information available for commercial use. Also, some Facebook users found their private chats accessible to everyone on their contact list - a major security breach that's left a lot of people wondering just how secure the site is.
In two words, asserts Goodchild - not very.
On "The Early Show on Saturday Morning," she spotlighted five dangers she says Facebook users expose themselves to, probably without aware of it:
• Your information is being shared with third parties
• Privacy settings revert to a less safe default mode after each redesign
• Facebook ads may contain malware
• Your real friends unknowingly make you vulnerable
• Scammers are creating fake profiles
Is Facebook a secure platform to communicate with your friends?
Here's the thing; Facebook is one of the most popular sites in the world. … Security holes are being found on a regular basis. … It is not as inherently secure as people think it is when they log on every day.
Certainly, there are growing pains. Facebook is considered a young company and it has been around a few years now. It is continuing to figure this out. They are so young they are still trying to figure out how they are going to make money. They don't even have a revenue model yet. It is hard to compare this to others; we have never had this phenomenon before in the way people are communicating with each other - only e-mail comes close.
The potential for crime is real. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, victims of Internet-related crimes lost $559 million in 2009. That was up 110 percent from the previous year. If you're not careful using Facebook, you are looking at the potential for identity theft, or possibly even something like assault if you share information with a dangerous person you think is actually a "friend." One British police agency recently reported the number of crimes they've responded to in the last year involving Facebook climbed 346 percent. These are real threats.
Lately, it seems a week doesn't go by without some new news about a Facebook-related security problem.
Earlier this week, a publication called "TechCrunch" discovered a security hole that made it possible for users to read their friends' private chats. Facebook has since patched it, but who knows how long that flaw existed? Some speculate it may have been that way for years.
Last month, researchers at VeriSign's iDefense group discovered a hacker was selling Facebook user names and passwords in an underground hacker forum. It was estimated he had about 1.5 million accounts - and was selling them for between $25 and $45.
And the site is constantly under attack from hackers trying to spam these 400 million users, or harvest their data, or run other scams. Certainly, there is a lot of criticism in the security community of Facebook's handling of security. Perhaps the most frustrating thing is that the company rarely responds to inquiries.
Do people really have privacy on Facebook?
No. There are all kinds of ways third parties can access information about you. For instance, you may not realize that, when you are playing the popular games on Facebook, such as Farmville, or take those popular quizzes, every time you do that, you authorize an application to be downloaded to your profile that you may not realize gives information to third parties.
Does Facebook share info about users with third parties through things such as Open Graph?
Open Graph is a new concept for them - they unveiled it last week at a conference. It actually is basically a way to share the information in your profile with all kinds of third parties, such as partner websites, so they can have a better idea of your interests and what you are discussing, so they can - as they portray it - "make it a more personal experience."
The theory behind Open Graph - even if they have not implemented it - is their whole business model, isn't it?
Well, that is the business model - they are trying to get you to share as much information as possible so they can monetize it by sharing it with advertisers.
Isn't it in Facebook's best interest to get you to share as much info as possible?
It absolutely is. Facebook's mission is to get you to share as much information as it can so it can share it with advertisers. As it looks now, the more info you share the more they are going to with advertisers and make more money.
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/five-hidden-dangers-of-facebook/
All social platforms have the same problem, not just Facebook! But we can reduce the possibility of being cheated by learning more knowledge! This is easy to do!
I think all the social media channels are the same. It's not just Facebook that we have to be cautious in using. We have to be responsible as well in the data that we provide.
I think almost all social media site are dangerous because a scammer may use all of these. It just happened that Facebook is one of the widely used social media network so many scammers and bad person use it to attract victims. If we, users, would only be smart enough and do a lot of research we could reduce the cases of scammers.
That's also why fb and other networks has a child-policy standard.
That's also why fb and other networks has a child-policy standard.
Facebook is used by scammers, criminals, terrorists, cyber criminals and for all kinds of illegal activities.
Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
indeed it is undeniable because perhaps the ease that is obtained and no ethics are built, I see and experience that indeed Facebook is too free and open to display anything that can not be prevented by the manager, even though we also contribute to be able to prevent a little to report content not good but usually many do not want to bother and don't even enjoy it.
only good for advertising
Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
I don't agree with that, All social media sites are dangerous it is how you manage your account security. Facebook has been the safest place on internet Just be vigilant about protecting your privacy.
I don’t think Facebook is dangerous. Of course there will always be abusive users, but those exist everywhere. I think Facebook has a fairly good set of protocols and safety features. Didn’t it develop a feature that helps detect fake news? That’s some good AI application, don’t you think?
Facebook is used by scammers, criminals, terrorists, cyber criminals and for all kinds of illegal activities.
Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
why u said so? anything happen?
Entirely I can't accord with this, Right some peoples try to drive their militant tendency on facebook but it is not a large-scale. Most of the people in the world are connected with facebook who are working for social development. They are teaching, giving a new information, conducting businesses and many others. Facebook is the best social media to me. I think, we can remove all of crime with the help of facebook & help to government by giving information. All of people should the good use of facebook. we should provide true news, informations, on facebook. we can root out the militancy by using facebook. Everyone should be positive minded.
I think Internet is dangerous. Just be careful and protect yourself.
I can't say that it's most dangerous website, but there are abusers 
Manhunt intensifies for ‘survivalist’ who threatened to ‘put a bullet in Trump’s head’
“Keep it up Morganelli, I promise I’ll put a bullet in your head as soon as I put one in the head of President Donald J. Trump,” the fugitive wrote on Facebook back in June, as cited by The New York Times, making criminal threats against the district attorney of Northampton County and the US president – and triggering a major manhunt in the process. The so-called ‘Bush Crafter’ also threatened to use “full lethal force on any law enforcement officer that tries to detain me.”
https://www.rt.com/usa
Facebook is used by scammers, criminals, terrorists, cyber criminals and for all kinds of illegal activities.
Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
I don't think so, Facebook is also a big help for most of us, yes it can be used by criminals. but we cannot avoid those criminals or bad persons within this society there is always be a bad person all over the world. Facebook is also a big help for us to advertise what we want to share and what we want to express. It can also help some people who want to see their long-lost relatives. Some other are using Facebook to have their own business. Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
Yep, that's it. I can't agree more because the problem will never be the tool, but the intention which it is used. You can use a hammer to build a house but also to break someone's head. Is the hammer bad? I don't think so
Facebook is used by scammers, criminals, terrorists, cyber criminals and for all kinds of illegal activities.
Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
And most evil use of FB is by our\your government to spy on you, and get all info on you, that was ever posted online, without even your consent. Facebook is the most dangerous website on the internet.
Deleted all my 3 facebook accounts.
facebook is not the only website been used by scammers and criminals, what would you say about email services? like yahoo, gmail, etc?
You are so funny. According to your theory, everything is dangerous. Facebook is just a social platform. Can it automatically identify who is good and who is bad?
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