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Things To Know About Creepy Facebook Applications

Posted on  6/5/2011
Facebook Allow third parties to run their application in Facebook , that’s make Facebook so easy and fun , but its also give a chance to spammer to steal your data easily

have a look:
 
when you want to use any application ..

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It means this disable your secure connection that means everything you will send I will send in plain text . and anyone can easily sniff what you are sending . So be careful

2nd.

The Application will ask for several permission

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It will ask permission for access your profile name , email id , profile picture, your friend list etc.…

so think twice before click on ALLOW button

real some article related this

UPDATE: Two further rogue applications have been identified as a part of this scam clickhere for the latest blog article.
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