I found something rather interesting today when I logged into my Facebook account. Looking at the notification messages, I saw these comment notifications:
Clicking over the link"post" will then bring you to the page asking for access to your personal information rather than your so called post:
By now, some would already realize that they have been deceived by a smart social engineering trick (Some might consider this as an effective "Marketing strategy" ) while most will continue by allowing access to their personal information.
The reason why many had fall to this trick is probably because they didn't pay attention or simply never realized the difference between the icon of the application above and the actual one below:
(Notice the difference between the two icons)
It's just a matter of time before some Facebook worms do the same thing (Perhaps there is already one) considering how effective it is.
p/s: How easy it's to give out our personal info these days, worse if they fall to the wrong hands.
1 comments:
Indeed. I had encounter this also, the comment by the application imitates normal Facebook message comments. Good thing is that I rely on the email notification feedback, and the application did not send an email to me.
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