Thursday, 6. August 2009
What exactly is a DoS Attack?
In simple terms, a DoS or Denial of Service attack is when a system or group of systems, create traffic to a web site or network service, that causes an overload of the equipment and forces the web site or network service to drop or ignore real requests.
What we know at this time.
At the time or my writing, Twitter had gotten some control over this problem, and can now display web pages again, but are not accepting posts.
Facebook appears to have slowed down as well, but this is being attributed to the increased traffic to Facebook due to the Twitter problem.
— Stu
Monday, 27. July 2009
Facebook has gone on the record stating that there has been no changes in it’s privacy policy.
Recently, a rumor that Facebook was allowing 3rd party advertisers to use members photos without their explicit permission, has turned out to be just that, a rumor.
Strangely, what appears to be fueling the rumor is a setting under privacy -> news feeds & wall, called facebook ads. This setting reads as follows:
“Facebook occasionally pairs advertisements with relevant social actions from a user’s friends to create Facebook Ads. Facebook Ads make advertisements more interesting and more tailored to you and your friends. These respect all privacy rules. You may opt out of appearing in your friends’ Facebook Ads below.”
This is set to “only my friends” by default. The rumor text is recommending you change this setting to “no one”.
When I found this, I felt a bit taken advantage of, I would have thought the proper default for this would be “no one”, but I guess that was why I got a “D-” in marketing…
The truth is, this rumor brought to light a privacy setting that everyone should be made aware of. The default setting in my opinion is clearly wrong.
Please read the Facebook Blog for more on this.
— Stu
