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What's the deal on Facebook friend requests?
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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2080975" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>Malware and viruses from Facebook are a direct result of PEBKAC issues.</p><p></p><p>As for the friend requests, there are bots that just go around and send requests to random people. Sometimes its used for data mining. Other times, its used for social engineering because there is no patch for human stupidity. Lawyers and law enforcement are also known to use such techniques to gather information even though they run afoul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.</p><p></p><p>I use Facebook for two things: business and pleasure.</p><p></p><p>You can set your account to not receive friend requests, or even to only receive them from friends of friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2080975, member: 5151"] Malware and viruses from Facebook are a direct result of PEBKAC issues. As for the friend requests, there are bots that just go around and send requests to random people. Sometimes its used for data mining. Other times, its used for social engineering because there is no patch for human stupidity. Lawyers and law enforcement are also known to use such techniques to gather information even though they run afoul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. I use Facebook for two things: business and pleasure. You can set your account to not receive friend requests, or even to only receive them from friends of friends. [/QUOTE]
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