Facebook 3.1 Contact Syncing — Got Bikini Pics?

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Facebook 3.1 Contact Syncing — Got Bikini Pics?

Postby Behshad » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:04 am

Recently Facebook released an update for iPhone which allows to sync all your phonebook contacts and facebook contacts. While it seems like a neat feature, it also has a major "flaw"...... This is what happened to one user:



Beware of your profile pics, or your boss might get one of you doing something you don’t want them to see! What happens is, [Facebook 3.1] takes [all] the emails and phone numbers on your iPhone and sends them to Facebook. It then cross-checks and syncs them back to your iPhone. That’s a major security flaw right there! It should only sync the ones you’re friends with.

So for an example I have my coworker’s email and cell but I am not her Facebook friend. All of a sudden when I got a call from my coworker I saw a picture of her in a bikini because that was her [Facebook] profile pic!




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Given the more casual (read: sometimes drunken and debauched) profile pictures that appear on Facebook, and the potential from cross-contamination between trusted friends and respected colleagues, if this is widespread the potential for embarrassment is high. Even if this is an isolated or semi-isolated incident, as more and more social network contact pools are integrated together, its worth remembering that anything — and everything — you put on the internet will eventually be seen by those people you least want to see it.
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Postby StevePerryHair » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:44 am

You know, I didn't know WHAT that sync button was for on facebook, and many times I was tempted to touch it... but I think I'll just keep ignoring it now :lol:
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Postby lights1961 » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:03 am

I just want a phone that I can talk into and the other person can hear me on the other line... The other bells and whistles are soooo over rated.
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Postby Behshad » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:08 am

lights1961 wrote:I just want a phone that I can talk into and the other person can hear me on the other line... The other bells and whistles are soooo over rated.


Here Rick! And stop acting like youre 90 FFS,,,,, Enjoy the technology.... 8)

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Postby Deb » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:19 am

StevePerryHair wrote:You know, I didn't know WHAT that sync button was for on facebook, and many times I was tempted to touch it... but I think I'll just keep ignoring it now :lol:


You just had to touch that stove burner as a kid too, eh?! :lol:
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Postby StevePerryHair » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:20 am

Deb wrote:
StevePerryHair wrote:You know, I didn't know WHAT that sync button was for on facebook, and many times I was tempted to touch it... but I think I'll just keep ignoring it now :lol:


You just had to touch that stove burner as a kid too, eh?! :lol:


And the iron :oops: :wink: :lol:
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Postby S2M » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:31 am

StevePerryHair wrote:
Deb wrote:
StevePerryHair wrote:You know, I didn't know WHAT that sync button was for on facebook, and many times I was tempted to touch it... but I think I'll just keep ignoring it now :lol:


You just had to touch that stove burner as a kid too, eh?! :lol:


And the iron :oops: :wink: :lol:




Why is Lynn's ear all red? She tried to answer the iron! :lol: :wink:
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