Published by Jack Rodnessey on January 19, 2011
Most Security experts would agree with this.
With all the talk about Wikileaks releasing top secret documents and Julian Assange accusing the US of keeping Bradley Manning as a ‘political prisoner’ it makes one wonder can the internet be an even greater threat on a more personal level?
Internet security experts have said “Yes, as many sites are now integrating Facebook as a way to log into websites”. As Facebook is one of the must have websites on other websites such as the mini-google search box many sites have begun adding Facebook connectivity to their products.
“The current danger may be that a hacker may impersonate another user in a websites comments, where Facebook is used” says another security expert. However, others have cited other long term consequences where Facebook collects websurfing data and uses this to ‘enhance’ Facebooks targeted advertising system.
To the general population Facebook may provide a convenient way to log into multiple sites without multiple passwords. From a security stand-point Facebook is a disaster waiting to happen for if a hacker got into the passwords database the entire internet may be at risk resulting in a show of why there cannot be one central way to log into all of the websites on the internet.
