HOW TO Hack Facebook & Protect Yourself

M. Bamieh
Posted by M. Bamieh on February 10, 2011
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How To Hack Into Facebook (using session hijacking)

Back in October, a little innocent Firefox plugin was released called Firesheep. This plugin was released to make it public that stealing your account on Facebook can be as easy as stealing candy from a baby.

Websites like Facebook, Twitter and many others send user information, usernames and even passwords over an insecure HTTP connection utilizing cookies on users’ computers. If anyone was able to get their hands on that cookie, they would be able to “impersonate” you on that website. That is exactly what Firesheep allows you to do.

It Is That Simple!

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Facebook: How Obsessed Are You? [Infograph]

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Posted by Beirut on February 9, 2011
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Obsession: the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.

Social Hype and Online Schools teamed up to bring you this interesting infograph about the universal obsession with Facebook…

Look closely, maybe you should start cutting down!

Obsession with Facebook Infograph

So, do you think you are obsessed? And how do you think Facebook obsession can negatively influence your life and the life of those around you?

Looking forward to your comments and feedback down below…

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Lovely-Faces.com Imports 250,000 Facebook Profiles Without Permission!

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Posted by Beirut on February 7, 2011
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Lovely-Faces.com seems to have learned from the best and decided to follow Mark’s footsteps by scraping 250,000 Facebook profiles!

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Social Media Utilized to Organize Protests in Egypt

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Posted by Beirut on January 29, 2011
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The protest movement in Egypt is taking advantage of social media to communicate, inform and organize. “Despite attempts to block Twitter, Facebook and other sites (the government denies it was responsible), a Facebook page devoted to Friday’s planned protests had more than 80,000 followers as of 2 p.m. ET Thursday, compared with some 20,000 the [...]

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10 Top Funniest Facebook Status Updates This Week [eps.9]

Every day, I come across a few hilarious status Facebook updates. Some of them are so funny, that I actually feel stupid laughing all by myself! Therefore, I invite you to invite you to enjoy our ninth list of the 10 top funniest Facebook status updates.

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10 Options & Features Why Facebook Rocks!

10 Options & Features Why Facebook Rocks!

Controlling Your Privacy

I would like to list the 10 thing that make Facebook so special and cause it to rock and shine amongst other social media platforms!

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SmileBox Application — Apps Using Social Media Brilliantly

SmileBox Application — Apps Using Social Media Brilliantly

SmileBox Features

We will again be looking into examples of tricks and methods that online games and applications are using to make the most of social media. In other words, what is making those apps as “spreadable” and “viral” as they are. Today’s application is : SmileBox.

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10 Top Funniest Facebook Status Updates This Week [eps.8]

Every day, I come across a few hilarious status Facebook updates. Some of them are so funny, that I actually feel stupid laughing all by myself! Therefore, I invite you to invite you to enjoy our eighth list of the 10 top funniest Facebook status updates.

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The Evolution of The Blogger [INFOGRAPH]

The Evolution of The Blogger [INFOGRAPH]

The Evolution of The Blogger

It is really amazing how the blogger evolved from the early 90's till now, and it's astounding sometimes looking back the manner people blogged back in the days of having a Geocities page meant making a statement and was a big deal to how now we make a public statement every few minutes. So reading about this in a post on Tomorrow's...

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Gizmodo Facebook Portrait Contest — Sam Spratt Gets Creative

Gizmodo Facebook Portrait Contest — Sam Spratt Gets Creative

Sam Spratt Illustration's Photos - Gizmodo Portrait Contest

Wishing for a better Facebook profile photo? Enjoying the illustrations done by our artist Sam Spratt? Then you're going to love our latest contest, because it'll leave fourteen lucky folks with profile photos custom-painted by Sam. Here's how to win.

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