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Scam Alert: Did you ‘Like’ one of the Russian Facebook pages that posted fake news during the 2016 election? Find out right now!

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Unless you were living on another planet during the 2016 election cycle you probably know that fake Russian Facebook pages posted tons of links to fake news stories about the candidates.

What you night not have realized at the time is any “Likes” and “Shares” you might have made on those posts were helping spread “fake news”.

This isn’t an accusation in any way. As we all know, it was very easy to get taken in by those sham pages. That being said, I thought you might be interested in knowing for sure whether you interacted with any of them.

Luckily, it’s very easy to find out if you interacted with any of those infamous fake Russian Facebook pages. Here’s how:  [Read more…]

How to become a ‘Pirate’ on Facebook

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facebook-pirateNote: Facebook has removed the “English (Pirate)” option from the list of supported languages, rendering this post moot.

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Facebook has an enormous user base that literally spans the globe, which means they necessarily support a number of other languages in addition to English.

One of those supported languages is “Pirate English”. And yes, I am very serious.

Once you set your preferred language to Pirate English, you’ll be greeted with “Pirate language” in various places on the page (don’t worry, it’s all family friendly and in good fun!).

If you’d like to give it a try, follow these simple instructions to become a “Pirate” on Facebook:  [Read more…]

Q&A: I received an instant message from ‘Facebook User’. How can I find out who sent it?

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Question from Connie G.:  I have a question about Facebook and I’m really hoping you an answer it for me.

Yesterday morning I received a very intriguing private message from someone telling me we went to school together.

They said they saw my name pop up after I left a comment on a picture that a mutual friend had posted and they’d like to reconnect with me.

The thing is there’s no name listed for the sender. All it says is “Facebook User”.

I can’t reply to the message (It says “You cannot reply to this conversation”) and there’s no link to click to look at their profile.

I’m curious as to who this person could be since I graduated from high school over 20 years ago. Is there any way to find out who sent me that message?

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

Heads up: Facebook could soon be asking you to upload a “Selfie” to prove your identity

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As you probably know by now, Facebook is a virtual playground for scammers, hackers and thieves from every spot on the globe.

The miscreants seem to be everywhere these days, hacking and cloning accounts right and left.

And as we all found out during the last presidential election, they’re even using Facebook to spread fake news.

Truth be told, rarely a day goes by when I fail to receive at least a couple of desperate messages from folks asking for help in cleaning up a compromised or cloned account.

Well, Facebook has recently devised a plan that should (hopefully) stop scammers and hackers in their tracks and prevent them from generally using their platform for mischief. This is how it works:  [Read more…]

You’ll no longer be able to log in to Skype with your Facebook credentials come January

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Many web services allow their users to log in to their accounts by using their Facebook credentials, making it easy to log in to multiple services with a single login.

I don’t really recommend taking advantage of that capability, for several reasons, but lots of folks do it nonetheless.

The popular Skype Internet communications service has allowed users to log in via Facebook for several years, but come January 2018 that’ll no longer be the case.  [Read more…]

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