Are there any disadvantages of using online social networking sites like facebook and HI5?
Computer security researchers have warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people’s trust. There following is an article entitled Online social networking sites are hacker playgrounds by Glenn Chapman which discusses the ugly side of online social networking sites. Opportunities for mischief abound as users place intimate details of their lives on profile pages and install mini-applications made by strangers that don’t always have their privacy at heart. In a trend pioneered with tremendous success by Facebook, social networking websites have opened their operating platforms to let outside developers craft fun, hip, or functional software “widgets” that can be added to profile pages. Malicious code can be hidden in such applications, computer security specialists Nathan Hamiel and Shawn Moyer said at a premier Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. “I can’t necessarily attack Facebook or MySpace, but I can attack their user
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