Unless you’re new to the internet , you all must be very much aware of the ongoing battle between Facebook and its users over privacy issues. Specifically, as Facebook is continually resetting privacy settings which is actually pissing users off as they see their names and details strewn all over the internet.

1. One day, you’ll be hauled into court for something stupid (should’ve used lime, man). Suddenly, the opposition throws up a projection screen, plugs in a laptop, and pulls up your Facebook account. Six hundred drunken photos and foot-in-mouth status updates later, you find yourself in a cement square as prison’s freshest hunk of meat.
2. Even if you figure out your privacy settings, what’s stopping Facebook from throwing a wrench in the works? Every time the code monkeys insert a new string of code, users find all of their settings undone. Your mom would just love to see those photos of you on 4/20 at the top of her newsfeed. Oh right, reason 2A: your mom is on Facebook now.
3. One word: Farmville. All the time you spend on your virtual farm doing things that aren’t real could be spent at an actual job in which you make actual money; this money can then buy you a farm IRL, yield profits, and ultimately be WAY more productive than clicking on cows. Win.
4. Despite having 5,000 friends, you’re still alone. Facebook is no more an exercise in social skills than World of Warcraft (shh, it’ll be okay). Go outside for once and interact via Faceface, not Facebook — and don’t be frightened by the lack of links and text boxes.
5. As beautifully coined by South Park, “You Have 0 Friends.” Watch, learn, and repent. The internet has gone too far, but it’s not too late to escape… if you’re good at Yahtzee, anyway.
6. NYU students are working hard on creating an alternative to Facebook that will guarantee you privacy while still offering you all the great features of Facebook…like having “friends” and detagging ugly pictures. Stay on top of this and you can soon say you were one of the first users.

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No related posts were found, so here's a consolation prize: 100 most dangerous websites for your PC Internet security company Norton Symantec has come up with a list of Top 100 Dirtiest sites, which could infect your computer with malware.

Malware is a software that can damage or compromise a computer system without the owner’s consent.

Natalie Connor, spokeswoman of the anti-virus company, said that even visiting any of the named websites could expose a computer to infection and put the personal information into the hands of unwanted people.

“What people don’t realise is when you type in a website, you’re bringing down information on a page and with it could be malware,” News.com.au quoted her as saying.

The list was compiled with the help of global data collected on Norton Safe Web, a site that analysed websites’ security risks.

Norton released a sample of the dirtiest websites:

• 17ebook .com
• aladel .net
• bpwhamburgorchardpark .org
• clicnews .com
• dfwdiesel .net
• divineenterprises .net
• fantasticfilms .ru
• gardensrestaurantandcatering .com
• ginedis .com
• gncr .org
• hdvideoforums .org
• hihanin .com
• kingfamilyphotoalbum .com
• likaraoke .com
• mactep .org
• magic4you .nu
• marbling. pe. kr
• nacjalneg. info
• pronline .ru
• purplehoodie. com
• qsng. cn
• seksburada. net
• sportsmansclub. net
• stock888. cn
• tathli. com
• teamclouds. com
• texaswhitetailfever. com
• wadefamilytree. org
• xnescat. info
• yt118. com

The infected sites had on average 18,000 threats and 40 per cent of the sites had more than 20,000 threats, while 75 per cent of websites on the list were found to be spreading malware for over six months.

According to Connor, most websites in the list had adult content with unprintable names, suggesting they contained hardcore pornography.

Some others sites include those on ice skating, deer hunting, catering and legal services.

Hackers can apparently obtain personal information using keystroke-logging software from both PCs and Mac computers.

Source : economictimes.com

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