Jason Kincaid writes: A Facebook developer named Yvo Schaap has uncovered a massive security flaw present on both Facebook and MySpace that would give hackers the ability to steal all of your account data, including your photos, personal messages, and basically everything else you’ve ever put on the social networks, without you ever realizing it….
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Students Fight Punishment for MySpace Pics
Tim Hull reports: Two high school students filed a constitutional class action against their school district and the principal who banned them from extracurricular activities after seeing MySpace pictures of the girls kissing and licking a phallus-shaped lollipop and wearing lingerie decorated with dollar bills. The federal lawsuit seeks to reverse the sports ban and…
Government contracts with social media companies lack privacy terms
In response to an EPIC Freedom of Information Act Request, the Government Services Administration released several contracts between the federal government and web 2.0 companies, including agreements with Blip.tv, Blist, Google (YouTube), Yahoo (Flickr), and MySpace. EPIC also obtained amendments to agreements with Facebook, Slideshare.net, Vimeo.com, and AddThis.com. The contracts do not address the privacy…
Corps bans Facebook, similar Web sites
Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are officially off limits for Marines — at least while they’re at work. Marine administrative message 458/09, issued Monday, calls the social networking sites “a proven haven for malicious actors and content,” and officially prohibits Marines from accessing them from work computers unless a waiver is granted. “The very nature of…