Social Roulette is forced by Facebook to commit its own social suicide
Come on, wouldn't you just love to slaughter your social network and blame it on "bad luck"? Imagine, with one lucky spin of the virtual bullet chamber, there's a one in six chance that it's goodbye!
Monday review - the hot 19 stories of the week
It's that time of the week again - here's your roundup of everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Indian Navy gets ready to dismiss officers for posting ship movements on Facebook
The Indian Navy says that the officers posted details about warship locations, including that of the country's one and only aircraft carrier, in the latest case of eye-rollingly bad Facebook indiscretion.
Facebook introduces Trusted Contacts, makes you ask, "How much do I trust my friends?"
Losing access to your Facebook account is a big deal.
So Facebook has introduced "Trusted Contacts," where you combine recovery codes from three different friends to get yourself back in.
Paul Ducklin asks how well it's going to work...
US seeks to pressure Google, Facebook et al. into installing wiretapping backdoors
A new proposal would require tech firms to design surveillance-enabling trapdoors from the ground up or modify existing services, facilities and equipment. The FBI says it's necessary to quickly catch terrorists and child abusers, but others say it's a recipe for opening servers up to hacking and illicit surveillance.
Troll admits to making death threats against children on Facebook
A 24-year-old UK man has admitted to posting threats on the Facebook tribute page of a teenager killed after being thrown from a truck.
He told police he didn't think anybody would take the threats seriously. He was very wrong.
SSCC 107 - Hostgator, Safari, Java, pwning planes with Android, and Facebook Home [PODCAST]
Here's the latest episode in the popular "Chet Chat" series.
Join Chet and Duck as they discuss what we can learn from recent security news in this quarter-hour podcast.
Seriously folks, you should know that Facebook warning about a virus *burning* your hard disk is bunk
Facebook users have been sharing a warning about a virus that "burns the entire hard disk".
It's nonsense, of course. When will people learn?
Facebook Home - Great if you think privacy is dead
Facebook has introduced a new way to utilize its services on Android mobile phones. Facebook Home streamlines keeping in touch with friends, their photos, Likes and shares. The issue is how it impacts your privacy, even if you choose not to use it yourself.
Facebook experiments with profiting from celebrity stalkers and spammers
Facebook plans to charge UK users as much as £10.68 to send messages to top-tier celebrities (think Olympic gold medallist diver Tom Daley or former children’s laureate Michael Rosen) in an effort to stamp out spam. And, well, you know, to make money.
63 alleged NYC gangsters busted, thanks to their own Facebook blabbing
The alleged members of three rival drug and gun gangs apparently spoon-fed New York police, serving up allusions to their alleged crimes in slangy, atrociously spelled postings to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
Bill Gates offers $5000 for Facebook sharing? It's just not that funny
Bill Gates may be a billionaire, but if he's going to splash his cash around he's got better things to do with it than give it to people who simply share a photo of him on Facebook.
How to stop your friends' Facebook apps from accessing *your* private information
Many internet users are wary of sharing their personal information willy-nilly with the world, but did you know that sometimes it's your Facebook friends who might be unwittingly passing your private details on?

















