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Is F8 being used for phishing?
- ggrot 18y agoF8 = FB = facebook?
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- mspeiser 18y agoF8 is Facebook's (FB) developer platform. The intent was to question if F8 opened a hole for phishers / spammers.
- ryanwaggoner 18y agoF8 is Facebook's developer conference, not their platform. Their platform, surprisingly enough, is called Facebook Platform.
- mspeiser 18y agoI stand corrected. Thanks.
- mnemonik 18y agoI remember when MySpace first started getting really spammy. If the consumers have moved to Facebook, eventually the spammers will figure out a way to follow. Check out this BBC piece on the ease of creating a phishing application: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7375772.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7375772.s...
- babyshake 18y agoThis is a major issue for Facebook. I've noticed that I'm getting more spam from friends also.
- sh1mmer 18y agoI don't see any evidence being provided for the Facebook platform being used to help spammers, other than anecdotal evidence of people changing their login credentials and still being seen to send spam. I think it would be interesting if it were shown that opening the platform directly led to exploits being used for spam, but this article doesn't seem to have any actual evidence. It's entirely speculative.