Facebook is a serious threat if you don't take the site seriously. When you "ALLOW" an application access to your information, you are leaving your door wide open for intruders. Applications are the biggest threat to your computer too. Too many are riddled with viruses.
Applications that promise to be able to let you know who is peering at your profile are all bogus. Links that sound titillating are usually bogus too. Examples include "See what this girl did to be expelled from school" "Miley Cyrus, caught in the act!" "Dad walks in on daughter...EMBARRASSING!" or stuff like that, It's ALWAYS BULLSHIT!
It's kinda comical to see some of my elderly friends or devout Christian friends fall for and post that stuff. It means they were fooled into clicking on something bad. It really isn't a hack but more like a script kiddie trying to harvest accounts.
Back to the point...realize exactly how much info you are putting on facebook. Every picture you post now belongs to facebook, and they can sell your images. You agreed to it. Think about how easy it is now to track someone down with a little time and patience. What if you helped convict someone and they had revenge on their mind...would you be easy to find? Some of your information should be guarded because you never know what situation may arise. Think about what you post online. Your conversations are no longer private over telephone, cell phone, facebook, twitter, etc. We live in a new age and people had better start realizing how easily their lives can be interrupted by someone with intent to ruin them.
Just be careful, I'm not trying to cause fear, uncertainty and doubt. Simply be wary before you do something and READ THE FINE PRINT!
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