In the name of finding any possible way that hackers can get at your data, a group of researchers has penetrated Facebook via a could-be-malicious application proving that Facebook Apps are unsafe. The app seems harmless enough. It's a that gives users (obviously) a different photo each day.
research paper gets a little complicated, but According to the researchers, a "facebot" application could grab personal details from a user's Facebook account and post them to a remote server. This should make application users feel a little uneasy, particularly those who like their privacy.
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The research paper points out that Facebook could prevent such applications from appearing on the social network. They would have to make sure that the apps didn't interact with outside hosts.
Social network security is probably going to be an increasingly important topic as social media continues to gain popularity, and see widespread use among more platforms. Social networks are being blogs, and business web sites, and this is where trouble could really start to snowball.
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