We wrote about the resurgence of a year-old Facebook hoax during the holiday season…
…and ended up with many people asking us, “Does it really matter?”
Over the years we’ve seen hoaxes telling you that you definitely should post a picture of an egg, that you definitely shouldn’t set your profile picture to a giraffe, and even a hoax telling you that the text BFF added to a comment would turn green if your account security was up to scratch.
(Actually, the text BFF did turn green, but only to make it look cool.)
Is this mostly harmless fun, or a genuine security risk?
Here’s what you need to know, all in plain English.
(Watch directly on YouTube if the video won’t play here.)
These posts are often information, but more often than not, they are incredibly belabored. You need to get to the point MUCH faster and be significantly more concise. Also, contrary to the headline, which one assumes is the primary point of the article, there is no “direct” security risk discussed at all in the video. There are only secondary or tertiary risks that “may” arise. At best, any potential risk is one of looking foolish or perhaps eventually becoming less vigilant about security. All in all, this article seems like an attempt to make an extremely boring and not all that important topic seem more exciting. Please do better in the future.
And a happy New Year to you, too!
I don’t have any issues with this video. Sure I could read an article in 2 minutes but sometimes it’s nice to spend 10 minutes just watching. These hoaxes just won’t die and they often contain dangerous security advice that lots of people blindly follow. Sure that’s a secondary risk but why does that make it boring and not important?