Defenses lacking at social network sites

Defenses lacking at social network sites
Annalee Newitz , SecurityFocus 2003-12-31

Sites like LiveJournal and Tribe are poised to be the next big thing on the Web in 2004, but their security and privacy practices are more like 1997.

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Defenses lacking at social network sites 2009-07-11
Anonymous

I recently joined a dating site Seniorpeoplemeet.com on Jukl 6, 2009. The night of July 9, 2009 someone hijacked my account and sent out 218 messages entitled Hello Handsome to it's members. When I went to sign in the next day I was locked out. When I contacted the website they stated that problem occurred because I must have given out my password and email address. As I have been on the internet for 20 years I am well aware that this not not something that you do. I never respond to any emails requesting that I click to update my information and only go to the site for any changes. I am appalled that this web site does not provide access to their customer service by telephone, and an utter lack of responsibility to it's members.

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