The Facebook Privacy Thread

[€uroMeinke]

I think the "hacker" vulnerability comes from 3rd party apps - such as the games and quizzes - but usually those involve getting past your privacy settings and getting ahold of your friends list so they can target spam to them that looks like you endorsed it. More an annoyance than anything else as long as you don't do things like use your date of birth, friend or pet names as passwords.

[Pirate Bill]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

More an annoyance than anything else as long as you don't do things like use your date of birth, friend or pet names as passwords.

It's not just passwords the black hat hackers are after. It's stuff like your home town, the city you were born in, the best man at your wedding, your mother's maiden name, etc. All such insights into your life can grant people backdoor access to your bank accounts or email (which can also help get back door access to bank accounts). No matter how secure your passwords are the weakest link is the security questions used to reset or remind you of your passwords.