News tagged with fake accounts
Stanford computer scientists find Internet security flaw
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford Security Laboratory create a computer program to defeat audio captchas on website account registration forms, revealing a design flaw that leaves them vulnerable ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 24, 2011 |
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Facebook swats bug that disabled accounts
Facebook said a bug in a system designed to detect fake profiles had disabled a number of legitimate accounts on the social network.
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it's fake
(AP) -- Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake.
May 18, 2009 |
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NY man suing Facebook fined $5,000 by court
(AP) -- A New York man who's suing for part ownership of Facebook has been fined $5,000 by a federal judge for failing to fully comply with an order to turn over his email account information.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Discovering Autism: Services go to those who fight hardest
From the day her son was diagnosed with autism nine years ago, Stacie Funk has made it her full-time job to find him the best possible help. Hiring lawyers and experts to press her case, she established herself as a mother ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Facebook aims to help prevent suicide
Help is just a few clicks away on Facebook for people expressing suicidal thoughts.
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Study debunks stereotype that men think about sex all day long
Men may think about sex more often than women do, but a new study suggests that men also think about other biological needs, such as eating and sleep, more frequently than women do, as well.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Lawyer blasts tax authorities in Ai Weiwei case
(AP) -- A company lawyer for dissident artist Ai Weiwei said Monday that Chinese tax authorities are hindering efforts to pay a financial guarantee enabling the company to fight a huge tax bill that he says ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Eric Schmidt defends Google, mourns Jobs' death
(AP) -- Google chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday defended his company as a great innovator despite allegations from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that the Internet search giant stole ideas from Apple's ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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As phone prices drop in China, knockoffs lose appeal
Xiong Mingjian is often crushed into a corner during his tedious subway commutes, but passing the time has been easy since he bought a nifty new cellphone.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Romance scams online hit hundreds of thousands of victims
New online research led by the University of Leicester reveals that over 200,000 people living in Britain may have fallen victim to online romance scams – far more than had been previously estimated. The study is believed ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2011 |
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I'm out of the office, so please read this spam
(AP) -- If you're prone to mistyping email addresses, here's a new thing to worry about: you could be a target for spammers trying to sell you a dream vacation or a diet product by pretending to be one of your friends or ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Hackers send fake terror alerts from NBC's Twitter
(AP) -- A hacker broke into the Twitter account of NBC News and sent out a handful of false tweets about a suspected hijacking and a plane attack at ground zero just days before the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
Sep 10, 2011 |
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