FUD of the Day

I follow a bunch of people on twitter and sometimes I wonder why. I won't say who posted this (since most people I know wouldn't be the least bit interested) but this was a retweet posted today:

RT @identityg: They change the rules all the time. Here's the latest on recent Facebook security updates! http://ow.ly/99ZFf #IDTheft

I don't follow identityg.

When I see something like this the first thing that pops into my head is... Well Damn!!! Facebook has changed its privacy policy or settings AGAIN. So what do I have to look for now??? What do I have to change?

And of course I go to check the link. Which turns out to be...

A story about how the Koobface gang and their servers were finally shut down. Oh yeah... and a warning that there is another trojan out there to take its place.

Really? That's what you've got? And you post a tweet saying "They change the rules all the time." What am I missing? What rules changed? Where in the linked story do they tell me that facebook changed something so users have to check their accounts and fix them again?

Oh the story doesn't say that? Well then your tweet is FUD (Fear Uncertainty Doubt) to get people to read your article. Good going!

The people who tweet this crap and those who retweet it should be smacked - or unfollowed which is what I did (unfollowed not smacked much as I would love to find the person and do that - ha). That worked out well for them didn't it.

While the story itself is not a bad story - the hype to go read it is severely misleading. The bottom line... facebook has not changed anything and this presents nothing new when it comes to keeping your account secure. It's merely a news story about the shutdown of a gang - newsworthy yes, causing changes to your facebook account? Not at all.

So now that I have unfollowed the culprit in spreading the annoyance I shall return to my regular Sunday afternoon browsing.

Posted by: Teresa in Ho-Hum at 02:13 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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