Phishers of Men

[Outta Here]

People often ask me to "friend" them on Facebook. When I tell them that I have Facebook only to keep tabs on my children and distant relatives, they ask why. Perhaps this article will shed some light for them: Why Phishers Love Facebook

Quote:

He likened Facebook attacks to scam artists that prey on church communities, where members typically share a high level of trust.

[carolaa]

Yikes, just when I was reconsidering my interest in joining Facebook.

[phkrause]

I would still reconsider, I think facebook is pretty safe. Its when people just allow anyone to be friends that they get in trouble. As long as you control the reasons for having a facebook account you should be OK. If you find its not really what you thought, you can always unfacebook.

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[Doug]

It just isn't strictly facebook. Any communication you do on you computer ininvolving contact with another human you can be phished. The only way to avoid phishing is to not put or give out any personal information online. I read a good article about locking down your facebook profile, I will see if I can find it. I just don't want people to say "Well I don't have facebook I am totally safe. I have gotten "You won the London Lottery" letters in my regular mail.

Some tips.

Don't put your telephone, work info, hobbies, favorite tv shows, etc. on your profile. I had all of these up then I figured my real friends already know this so what's the point.

Turn off all notifications. I have everythig set to off, I won;t even know if I get an email or friend notification unless I log in.

All privacy is set to friends only.

[Tom Wetmore]

I decided to reset my Facebook account to much more restrictive friends only, etc. and change passwords after my account was hacked. Facebook indicated that the hackers objective is to access your e-mail account to hijack it for spamming purposes.

[Doug]

Having a strong password is a good key to keep people off your stuff. I use a strong, different password on every "important" site like fb and my financial stuff.

I generate and store my passwords using Keypass which is open source and best of all free. You can generate passwords up to 50 characters or more, stuff that is impossible to simply guess. he downside is that you can't access certain sites if you are away from home unless you get keypass portable, it runs off a USB key. So it stores all your important stuff in a keypss fiule that is next to impossible to hack., Even if you lose your computer or USB stick your passwords are secure.