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By Plugged | February 11, 2008
As it turns out, when you deactivate your Facebook account, Facebook does not delete your account, as other social-networking sites do. As this article in the New York Times points out, once you sign up with Facebook, you may have a lifetime contract with it. Creepy.
I deactivated my Facebook account months ago. After reading the NYT article, I tried logging back in. And true enough, my account was still there, intact. (All Facebook had to do was send me a confirmation email for the reactivation.)
So I did what the article below suggested on how to permanently delete my Facebook account. If you value your online privacy, you should too.
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More on Why Facebook Is Creepy
By Plugged | January 25, 2008
One of my favorite tech bloggers, Jeremy Wagstaff, has this interesting take on Facebook, specifically why anyone who values his or her privacy should stay away from the popular social-networking site.
Category: All Entries, Internet Security, Online Privacy, Social Networking | 1 Comment »
Die, Facebook, Die!
By Plugged | January 23, 2008
About two months ago, I tried Facebook, the extremely popular social-networking site. At first, I was thrilled: many of my friends were there, and you can dress up your page/account with lots of cool stuff and engage your friends in virtual mischief.
But less than a week after I signed on, I canceled my Facebook account.
Category: All Entries, Social Networking | 4 Comments »
Save Windows XP
By Plugged | January 19, 2008
I’m a long-time Windows user and I usually upgrade to its newest version. But when Microsoft launched Vista last year, I resisted the urge to change the Windows XP operating that’s running my laptop. Two reasons.
Category: All Entries, Anything Apple, Anything Microsoft, Software | 1 Comment »
New Trojan Unleashed, Intercepts Online Banking Info
By Plugged | January 15, 2008
PC World reports that a new Trojan program called Trojan.Silentbanker has been unleashed. In its story yesterday, the magazine offers this terrifying bit on how the Trojan works: “During a banking transaction, Silentbanker will change the user’s bank account details over to the attacker’s account, all the while mimicking what the user would expect to see from a typical banking transaction. Because users have no idea their account data has been changed, they then unknowingly send money to the attacker’s account after entering their second authentication password.” Read the full story here.
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