[HIB]Facebook’s Security Slackness: A Cautionary Tale

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With 500 million users offering up reams of personal data and ever-shifting and confusing privacy policies, Facebook is a tempting target for phishing and other nefarious activities. And it’s no wonder given the company’s attitude to security. When hackers find vulnerabilities in the service, don’t expect any help from Facebook, which has adopted a “blame the user” mentality that refuses to acknowledge any possibility of a flaw in its own infrastructure.I’ve learnt this the hard way after my Facebook account suffered from some sort of intrusion over the weekend. I managed to clean up the mess pretty quickly, but that was no thanks to Facebook itself. Trying to identify the source of the problem proved to be a lot trickier, largely because Facebook doesn’t want to engage in any kind of meaningful dialogue about security with anyone.

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