Facebook hacking

[JohnnyJazz]

A friend of mine has recently broke up with her boyfriend and she thinks he has hacked into her facebook account. Weird messages have been posted from her account into her friends timeline. He seems to be aware of personal conversation with her friends despite the fact they have "unfriended" him. She has two accounts, one personal, one professional, private conversation seem to "spill" from an account to an an other. People from her professional network now seem to be able to peek on her private account like if the two have been merged. She has changed her password, even ask her employer for a new laptop in case there was a virus in her computer.

How to make your facebook account safe from hackers ? How to preserve your privacy ? Is there antivirus and anti malware specific for Facebook ?

One thing that has always made me uncomfortable is that from time to time Facebook recommend to add as friends people that I know but I can't figure out how Facebook was able to figure it out. The only way I can think of is that these people are in my email address book but I find disturbing that Facebook is allowed to retrieve information from an other software without my permission. What other information Facebook retrieve form my computer and broadcast to the outside world and how can I stop it ?

[cyberfarang]

Facebook is about infiltrating people`s lives. It`s objective is to take a single member and all on a friends list then connect them together to create one massive network of people worldwide. It does this by trying to connect friends of friends together, what they call mutual friends of a friend, and then more friends of friends until members have hundreds or possibly thousands of friends in their lists all linked together, including the groups. The more friends a person adds means more people will have access to a profile. Setting the privacy controls does not protect them from having their photos and details hijacked and stolen, that could literally end up anywhere online.

Facebook is jailbait, there are hundreds of people worldwide that have been incarcerated where facebook has been the source, including broken relationships, burglaries, revenge porn, child molestation and even murders attributed to facebook.

The only way to make a facebook safe from hackers and haters is to delete the account.

[JohnnyJazz]

^ What you say is like lots of crimes are committed in airports so we should stop traveling by plane. Facebook is still a great way to get in touch with oversee friends and relatives. We all understand that, like in all crowded places, there are risk to meet the wrong kind of people. The question is just how to protect yourself from these kinds of people.

Edited December 24, 2015 by JohnnyJazz

[Chicog]

He seems to be aware of personal conversation with her friends despite the fact they have "unfriended" him.

Yes, because of course Thais never gossip do they?

As for a "professional" Facebook account, I'd call that an oxymoron.

[Chicog]

Facebook is about infiltrating people`s lives. It`s objective is to take a single member and all on a friends list then connect them together to create one massive network of people worldwide. It does this by trying to connect friends of friends together, what they call mutual friends of a friend, and then more friends of friends until members have hundreds or possibly thousands of friends in their lists all linked together, including the groups. The more friends a person adds means more people will have access to a profile. Setting the privacy controls does not protect them from having their photos and details hijacked and stolen, that could literally end up anywhere online.

Facebook is jailbait, there are hundreds of people worldwide that have been incarcerated where facebook has been the source, including broken relationships, burglaries, revenge porn, child molestation and even murders attributed to facebook.

The only way to make a facebook safe from hackers and haters is to delete the account.

You're being a bit extreme but you make a good point.

I see people with 1000+ "friends" and they know a handful of them.

And most people have no idea about the privacy settings anyway.

Edited December 24, 2015 by Chicog

[MrTee]

IN Facebook setting you can see which devices have current active session

Setting - security - Where you are logged in.

Check in there to see what sessions are active. delete any active sessions you are unsure about.

Also check Your Browsers and Apps. remove those you do not trust..

Set login notifications. You'll get notified if anyone logs in

Set Privacy to as high as possible..

Set Timeline and tagging options so only friends can see.

Download and run Malwarebytes and install the free version.. Run a full scan

[JohnnyJazz]

He seems to be aware of personal conversation with her friends despite the fact they have "unfriended" him.

Yes, because of course Thais never gossip do they?

As for a "professional" Facebook account, I'd call that an oxymoron.

1/ They are not Thais

2/ Some people are using facebook for professional networking (personally I prefer Linkedin) and want to keep it separate from their personal and family life. Not uncommon.

I don't know how I'd call you but I don't think it will include oxy ;-)

Edited December 24, 2015 by JohnnyJazz

[WhizBang]

How to make your facebook account safe from hackers ? How to preserve your privacy ?

Simple. Do NOT use facebook.

[JHolmesJr]

Facebook has raised an entire generation of very stupid narcissists who think every monotonous detail of their lives or every vacuous thought that passes through their lightly trodden brains is worthy of public discussion.

[Chicog]

He seems to be aware of personal conversation with her friends despite the fact they have "unfriended" him.

Yes, because of course Thais never gossip do they?

As for a "professional" Facebook account, I'd call that an oxymoron.

1/ They are not Thais

2/ Some people are using facebook for professional networking (personally I prefer Linkedin) and want to keep it separate from their personal and family life. Not uncommon.

I don't know how I'd call you but I don't think it will include oxy ;-)

Even worse then, they should know better.

[Chicog]

IN Facebook setting you can see which devices have current active session

Setting - security - Where you are logged in.

Check in there to see what sessions are active. delete any active sessions you are unsure about.

Also check Your Browsers and Apps. remove those you do not trust..

Set login notifications. You'll get notified if anyone logs in

Set Privacy to as high as possible..

Set Timeline and tagging options so only friends can see.

Download and run Malwarebytes and install the free version.. Run a full scan

Yes definitely check he didn't leave a little hidden 'present' on her laptop.

[WhizBang]

^ What you say is like lots of crimes are committed in airports so we should stop traveling by plane. Facebook is still a great way to get in touch with oversee friends and relatives. We all understand that, like in all crowded places, there are risk to meet the wrong kind of people. The question is just how to protect yourself from these kinds of people.

No, facebook is NOT a great way to get in touch with overseas friends and relatives.

If you really want to keep in touch with overseas friends and relatives, there are plenty of messaging apps that will allow you to keep in touch, and let's not forget good old SMS.

At least the messaging apps do not broadcast your every move to the world for everyone to see or exploit you for advertizers the way facebook does.

Facebook is for those that have no life and think having 'friends' or 'likes' on facebook is a life. Facebook is for those who are insecure and need some sort of reassurance that they matter.

[JohnnyJazz]

Facebook is for those that have no life and think having 'friends' or 'likes' on facebook is a life. Facebook is for those who are insecure and need some sort of reassurance that they matter.

Says the guy who spend his time talking to strangers on an anonymous forum

[MrTee]

^ What you say is like lots of crimes are committed in airports so we should stop traveling by plane. Facebook is still a great way to get in touch with oversee friends and relatives. We all understand that, like in all crowded places, there are risk to meet the wrong kind of people. The question is just how to protect yourself from these kinds of people.

No, facebook is NOT a great way to get in touch with overseas friends and relatives.

If you really want to keep in touch with overseas friends and relatives, there are plenty of messaging apps that will allow you to keep in touch, and let's not forget good old SMS.

At least the messaging apps do not broadcast your every move to the world for everyone to see or exploit you for advertizers the way facebook does.

Facebook is for those that have no life and think having 'friends' or 'likes' on facebook is a life. Facebook is for those who are insecure and need some sort of reassurance that they matter.

Just because one does not understand how to use such technology doesn't mean its not a great communication tool.

You can set your account to be visible to only those you want (excluding State sponsored hacking\spying but that is on pretty much every platform).. You can set each post to be visible to only one person, many persons, all your friends, or the whole world.

I havn't seen a single advert on facebook for years.

I have no need for likes or dislikes, but I do enjoy the fact I can share, the information I choose to share, with my friends and family.

You clearly lack the knowledge on how to use such tools, and attach your emotional thinking to those that do use it, which, sort of, makes your comments meaningless.

[KhunBENQ]

A good story confirming my strict antipathy to Facebook,

In FB I am some "Somprit.... " from Nowhere, OKlahoma, just to make a real friend the pleasure to being able seeing his "diary".

He can not understand why I keep away from FB.

If the FB account of a Thai (with real name etc.) is hacked he should take serious action to get it under control/closed/deleted ASAP!

Ill minded people could get him to rot in jail for the next xx years!!!!

The best excuses in LM cases can be useless.

What the heck do you need FB to "get in contact with overseas friends"???

Real friends can be contacted by good old personal messengers (Skype etc.) on a one on one basis.

There is still a system from the 80s called "email" maybe some haven't heard about it.

And believe it or not: if it is of more relevance than todays meal (aka real important) I even use a thing called "mobile phone".

As one can see, Marc Z. has already been quite succesful in his crusade to replace internet and all other means of communication by FB.

Wish him the worst possible failure.

Edited December 24, 2015 by KhunBENQ

[Chicog]

At least the messaging apps do not broadcast your every move to the world for everyone to see or exploit you for advertizers the way facebook does.

Or Burglars for that matter

[WhizBang]

^ What you say is like lots of crimes are committed in airports so we should stop traveling by plane. Facebook is still a great way to get in touch with oversee friends and relatives. We all understand that, like in all crowded places, there are risk to meet the wrong kind of people. The question is just how to protect yourself from these kinds of people.

No, facebook is NOT a great way to get in touch with overseas friends and relatives.

If you really want to keep in touch with overseas friends and relatives, there are plenty of messaging apps that will allow you to keep in touch, and let's not forget good old SMS.

At least the messaging apps do not broadcast your every move to the world for everyone to see or exploit you for advertizers the way facebook does.

Facebook is for those that have no life and think having 'friends' or 'likes' on facebook is a life. Facebook is for those who are insecure and need some sort of reassurance that they matter.

Just because one does not understand how to use such technology doesn't mean its not a great communication tool.

You can set your account to be visible to only those you want (excluding State sponsored hacking\spying but that is on pretty much every platform).. You can set each post to be visible to only one person, many persons, all your friends, or the whole world.

I havn't seen a single advert on facebook for years.

I have no need for likes or dislikes, but I do enjoy the fact I can share, the information I choose to share, with my friends and family.

You clearly lack the knowledge on how to use such tools, and attach your emotional thinking to those that do use it, which, sort of, makes your comments meaningless.

Oh, I understand it only too well, which is why I do NOT use it.

I do hope you enjoy your lack of privacy.

[2fishin2]

You guys are silly. There is absolutely nothing wrong and everything right with FB. The problems are the users who do not understand or use proper security, end of discussion.

Tell your friend to change passwords on both accounts and problems will more than likely go away. Passwords should be changed every 90 days or so on all accounts.