Some Facebook business Pages lost tens of thousands of fans today, but they shouldn’t fret. Facebook has confirmed with me that it’s currently purging fake accounts and Page Likes as it implements site integrity improvements announced last month. You can see the evidence on Pages like Zynga’s Texas HoldEm Poker whose fan count dropped by 96,000 today after steady after long steady… → Read More
Facebook has responded to reports of a security issue that lets people post in Groups as if they’re someone else. It says this is a known problem with SMTP email standard that it is working with email providers to close the hole. Facebook explains that it does use email verification, and “0ur system rejects most unauthenticated email to groups”, or flags suspicious emailed posts as “Unconfirmed… → Read More
Every single Facebook user is or will soon be seeing a link at the top of their desktop news feed asking them to ”Stay in control of your account by following these simple security tips”. The link leads to the the Facebook Security page where users are taught how to spot a scam, pick a unique password, and most interestingly, confirm their mobile phone number for account recovery.
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