Facebook Prevents Spam Rush On New Usernames

Facebook has been relatively clever with how it has allowed usage of the new usernames feature. According to their blog:Your Facebook Page must meet two requirements: it must have been live on Facebook prior to the May 31, 2009 cut-off date and have had a minimum 1,000 fans...

Reporters booted from conference for hacking

"With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.But in a case of reporters spying on other reporters, three journalists working for the French...

Computer security consultant charged with infecting a quarter million computers

I came across this story which was published on the US Department of Justice website today and after reading the story, I had to share this with the NowPublic community.This 26 year old has been controlling OUR computers without our knowledge for sometime now.  The thing...

Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears

"NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) sparked an outcry on...

Let’s Talk Spammers: Consonant VirginiaB Usernames

This is an interesting post, a call for committed cyber-communication.  Here is an excerpt:"Lately, there had been vicious spamming initiatives done here in iTalknews. They come in the form of a lot of consonant usernames with the same location, VirginiaB. The interests...

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