Guy Posts AnnaLynne McCord's Phone Number On Facebook

From: http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/152046/[Gossip]-Guy-Posts-AnnaLynne-McCord\\s-Phone-Number-On-Facebook.htm

by Mitch Michaels on 09.07.2010 


As revenge for a car accident...

You think you'd be lucky to bump in to AnnaLynne McCord, but a guy named Aaron wasn't pleased with the meeting. The guy says AnnaLynne ran into him last Tuesday while she was out driving her sister Angel's Mini Cooper.

Aaron says AnnaLynne was "very apologetic" and accepted blame for the accident when it happened. But then sister Angel called up and bitched him out after he filed an insurance claim.

So what did Aaron do? He posted AnnaLynne's number on his Facebook, urging his 361 friends to call her up and "let her know what a deadbeat she is."

"This chick hit me with her sister's car the other day, and is now trying to deny responsibility for the accident," Aaron posted. "I guess being a D-list celeb doesn't pay as well as I thought."

Ouch.

German banker who believes in 'Jewish gene' get death threats on Facebook

From: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/german-banker-who-believes-in-jewish-gene-get-death-threats-on-facebook-1.312724

The controversial 65-year-old banker has been placed under police protection and was accompanied by four officers at a speaking engagement on Monday.

The German banker Thilo Sarrazin, who caused outrage with a book blaming Islam for the poor integration of Muslims and for declaring there was a "Jewish gene", has been threatened with murder on social networking site Facebook, media reported Tuesday.

Police are investigating the threat, German daily Bild reported.

The controversial 65-year-old banker has been placed under police protection and was accompanied by four officers at a speaking engagement on Monday.

After the engagement, at which Sarrazin defended his ideas about immigration and the German welfare state, Sarrazin was verbally abused by a man as he made his way to his vehicle.

Sarrazin's book, Germany Abolishes Itself, has become an instant bestseller since its launch last week.

The Berliner Zeitung daily said the German central bank's board was no longer debating whether to remove Sarrazin, but rather how to do so. The Bundesbank declined to comment on the report.

The central bank can only remove Sarrazin on the grounds of serious misconduct. Both the 65-year-old and the bank have repeatedly stated his comments on race and religion are not linked to his role at the Bundesbank.

Germany's Jewish community has been strongly critical of Sarrazin and a U.S. Holocaust survivors' group said on Thursday it would lobby for Sarrazin to be removed from the Bundesbank.

"Holocaust survivors from Israel, Europe, Australia, and the Americas will approach the German embassies in some two dozen countries to demand the immediate removal of Thilo Sarrazin," said Elan Steinberg, Vice President of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants.

"Sarrazin's racist comments have not only offended us as victims of Nazi Germany's brutalities, but are blackening the morally upright position of modern day Germany."

The bank said on Wednesday it had put off a decision on Sarrazin's fate until at least Thursday.

	German Central Bank executive Thilo Sarrazin
	Photo by: AP

US woman's photos lifted from Facebook, used on dating sites

From: http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_us-woman-s-photos-lifted-from-facebook-used-on-dating-sites_1433494

Saturday, Sep 4, 2010

An impersonator stole a woman's photos from her Facebook account and used them on several online dating sites.

"I thought this couldn't be true because I have no enemies. I don't know anyone who has any vengeance against me and then I [thought], who could it be? Who would do something like this?"ABC News quoted the anonymous woman as saying.

The young woman, being called 'Stacy' to protect her identity, said that her mother met a man last month who apparently had been having an online relationship with the fake Stacy, but when he saw her photo on her mother's mantle, he realized he had been cheated.

Stacy found that the fraudster impersonated her on the dating sites Plenty of Fish, Sugar Daddies and Dallas Singles, as well as on Facebook and had even opened a Yahoo e-mail account in Stacy's name.

"I don't even know what this woman looks like. ... I know bits and pieces but this woman knows my whole life," Stacy said.

However, she knew the fraudster's name - Charlene Aguilar - using which the police caught her. According to a Denver Police Department report, the woman admitted impersonating Stacy.

The report also said that Aguilar cried during the interview and said she only used the photos because she thought Stacy was pretty. She also didn't think using someone else's photographs was illegal and was apologetic.

However, the action doesn't amount to a crime.

"The bottom line is the behaviour - what was done and the intent behind it - did not rise to the level of a criminal statute that we could prove beyond a reasonable doubt," said Lynn Kimbrough, a spokeswoman for the Denver district attorney's office.

But a bill that unanimously passed California's Senate and Assembly last month would make it a misdemeanour to impersonate someone online with the intention of "harming, intimidating, threatening or defrauding." It would be punishable with up to 1,000 dollars in fines or one year in prison, or both.

The new legislation would extend the existing impersonation law to online platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and other social media sites.

Some others, however, believe that even though the law appears to be finally catching up, it's still not ready.

Facebook Glitch Let Spammer Post to Walls

From: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/204840/facebook_glitch_let_spammer_post_to_walls.html

September 03, 2010 


By Robert McMillan, IDG News


A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.

Facebook confirmed the bug Friday, after notifying affected users of the issue.

Andrew Jones was one of the victims. He thought that his Facebook account had been hijacked Sunday after a friend pointed out a spam message on his wall. He quickly changed his password, but worried that some of his other e-mail accounts might have been taken over too. "No other signs of compromise were visible, and I concluded the most likely scenario was a public computer I had used recently had some type of malware on it," he told the IDG News Service via e-mail.

Turns out that the problem was all Facebook's.

"Earlier this week, we discovered a bug in the code that processes photos as they're uploaded. This bug caused us not to make the correct checks when determining whether a photo should be posted to a person's profile," Facebook said Friday in an e-mailed statement. "We quickly worked to resolve the issue and fixed it shortly after discovering it. For a short period of time before it was fixed, a single spammer was able to post photos to people's profiles that they hadn't approved."

Most of the messages promised "Free iPhones," a common spam message on Facebook these days. The free iPhone and iPad messages generally take users to websites where they are instructed to fill out marketing surveys or sign up for product subscriptions. Victims have reported having their phone numbers inundated with calls after filling out these surveys.

Facebook says that the spammer hit thousands of profiles before the company removed the spammy photos and notified affected users. No accounts were compromised as a result of the bug, Facebook said.

People whose Walls were hit with the spam got a notice from Facebook's security team, reading:

"For a few hours on Sunday, there was a spamming incident on Facebook. During this time, photos -- mostly of supposedly 'free' iPhones -- were posted to some people's Walls, including yours. We've removed the photo from your Wall and fixed the issue that allowed spammers to do this. We're sorry about the photo, but can assure you that this did not affect the security of your account in any way."

Spammers love Facebook because users are more likely to click on Facebook messages and wall posts than on links in unsolicited e-mail messages.

This week, Facebook introduced new controls that allow users to see if unauthorized computers have been used to log into their accounts.

But spammers will keep trying to use Facebook, according to Chris Boyd, a senior researcher with security vendor GFI Software.

The spam images used by this "Free iPod" spammer can be highly effective, he said. "Image spam is a great way for scammers to promote fake applications and surveys," he said via instant message. "An individual likely to fall for something like this will probably be more attracted by a nice picture than a random spam-link."

Robert McMillan covers computer security and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Robert on Twitter at @bobmcmillan. Robert's e-mail address is robert_mcmillan@idg.com

Facebook 'engagement announcement' adds two more to its murder tally

From: http://sify.com/news/facebook-engagement-announcement-adds-two-more-to-its-murder-tally-news-international-kjcrOdajegc.html

2010-09-02 17:50:00

A North Carolina woman was found shot dead by her ex-boyfriend after she recently announced her engagement to another man on Facebook. Karen Ann Rooney, 63, and Peter Terrance Moonan, 62, had reportedly dated for 16 years before ending their relationship earlier this year, the New York Daily News reported. According to ABC News, the police said the spurned lover turned the gun on himself after he killed Rooney at her home in Maysville, N.C., and a neighbour found their bodies. Rooney, a recently retired IBM employee, had become engaged to William Jenkins in recent weeks and had changed her Facebook status, indicating that she had become engaged. Police believe this was what triggered Moonan to act, as well as a photo Rooney posted of herself and her fiancee. Her comment wall had been the site of enthusiastic good wishes from friends and future in-laws, who seemed thrilled to be welcoming Rooney into the family. (ANI)

Steve Jobs on why no Facebook for Ping

From: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20015402-37.html

September 2, 2010 6:13 AM PDT


by Kara Swisher, AllThingsD

On Wednesday at the Apple music event in San Francisco, I had a short chat with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, as he strolled through the demo room for the media, just after he had announced various updates for the iPod, Apple TV, and iTunes onstage.

One of the those was the introduction of a new social network for music called Ping that Apple has integrated within iTunes 10 and which looks an awful lot like the experience you get on Facebook.

Essentially, it is a vertical version--in this case for music--of the powerful social networking site.

Facebook has noodled for years about creating its own social music offering, including doing a partnership with Lala, which was bought by Apple last year and shuttered in June.

But its efforts have largely gone nowhere.

And Facebook is nowhere on Ping too. Currently, there is no linking, sharing or participation of any kind with Facebook--or Twitter or MySpace either--on Ping, which will work only on the iTunes software on computers, iPhones, and iPods.

'Onerous terms'
When I asked Jobs about that, he said Apple had indeed held talks with Facebook about a variety of unspecified partnerships related to Ping, but the discussions had gone nowhere.

The reason, according to Jobs: Facebook wanted "onerous terms that we could not agree to."

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20015402-37.html#ixzz0yNccxU9k

Greenpeace's New Enemy: Facebook

From: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/09/01/next-on-greenpeaces-enemies-list-facebook/


September 1, 2010

Greenpeace, the organization with noble goals but a prickly way of going about things, has asked Facebook to stop using coal at its new data centerin Oregon. Given Greenpeace’s history (seen here annoying Deutsche Bank), I should expect some attention-seeking prank if Facebook doesn’t comply. Watch out, Zuckerberg.

Greenpeace’s main problem with Facebook is that its new datacenter will run on “dirty coal-fired electricity.” Being that burning coal throws a tremendous amount of CO2 into the atmosphere, you can imagine how much gunk a Facebook data center would generate.

And given that Facebook, is, shall we say, influential, any decision to back away from coal could serve as a lesson or example to other companies out there. A sort of, “Well, if Facebook doesn’t need coal, then maybe we don’t either.”

Some 500,000 people have signed Greenpeace’s petition asking Facebook to reconsider its stance here.

Onslow County woman slain over Facebook status change

From: http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/8219882/


August 31, 2010

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A woman was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend after she changed her Facebook status to “engaged," according to the Onslow County Sheriff's Office.

The Daily News of Jacksonville reported on Tuesday that Maj. Donnie Worrell said that Karen Ann Rooney, 63, was shot twice in the torso in her home. Worrell said Peter Terrance Moonan, 62, then killed himself with the same .357-caliber handgun.

Worrell said their bodies were discovered last Saturday by a neighbor who wanted to introduce his wife to Rooney. The neighbor also said Rooney had begun dating another man.

Rooney and Moonan dated for 16 years, and tax records show they bought a home together in 2002 before breaking up last February. Worrell said the couple didn’t have a history of domestic violence.

What is Facebook's CEO Trying to Hide?

From: http://valleywag.gawker.com/5626698/what-is-facebooks-ceo-trying-to-hide?skyline=true&s=i


Mark Zuckerberg said society has loosened up about privacy. But the Facebook CEO was talking about his users; now that he's a defendant in a New York lawsuit, Zuckerberg is calling for stronger privacy protections.

Zuckerberg's lawyers say Paul Ceglia, the graphic designer suing Zuckerberg for control of Facebook, is trying to pry into the 26-year-old CEO's personal life. Ceglia wants the case switched back to New York state court from federal court, a move Zuckerberg's attorneys are trying to quash, saying it's part of a plot to "harass defendants under the pretext of obtaining jurisdictional discovery into Zuckerberg's private life," according to Reuters.

But what could possibly be left to reveal about Zuckerberg's private life while attending Harvard, back when he knew Ceglia? His interactions have been amply investigated and documented in lawsuits filed by former business partners, like Eduardo Saverin, and by alleged former business partners, like Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. Zuckerberg's college behavior was also examined in a university investigation into his website FaceMash, and during the Winklevoss twins' unsuccessful attempt to go after Zuckerberg on student conduct charges. Zuckerberg was also written about extensively in the Harvard Crimson while still enrolled, and his college days were subsequently featured in at least two major books, Ben Mezrich's Accidental Billionaires (now being made into a movie) and David Kirkpatrick's Facebook Effect. And various other intrepid journalistslooked into Zuckerberg's Harvard days, as well.

It seems unlikely that Ceglia, a client Zuckerberg met on Craigslist, would know or even be able to discover anything of consequence not already in the public record about collegiate Zuckerberg. Maybe the CEO, like so many of his users, just tends to guard his privacy reflexively. Better safe than sorry, after all — at least when it's your own privacy on the line.

Juror Tossed From Jury After Facebook Status Update

From: http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978486197

September 01, 2010 

It is easy to get in trouble on Facebook or any other type of social media sites. A woman in Detroit was tossed off of a jury after a Facebook post.

All the ways Facebook Gets Users in Trouble

So, people can get fired, get put in jail, and now tossed from a jury for Facebook status updates. The woman on jury, Hadley Jons, posted that the defendant was guilty on her Facebook account. Unfortunately for her and the defendant, the trial wasn’t over. In fact, Jons is actually in danger of being found in contempt on Thursday when she goes back to the circuit court in Macomb County according to Yahoo News.

The case in question was about a defendant who had resisted arrest. Her Facebook status was posted on August 11, which was a day off from the trial, and at that point, the prosecution had not even completed its case. Jons wrote, "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty."

This is so not a good idea when you are on a jury. Jaxon Goodman, the son of the defenselawyer, actually found the status update, and brought it to the lawyer’s attention. The next day, Jons was replaced with an alternate on the jury. The defense lawyer, Saleema Sheikh, actually wants Jons to serve some jail time over her offense.

Is this too far? Should Jons have to spend some days in jail because of her Facebook indiscretion? By the way, the defendant was found guilty of a felony even without Jons serving on the jury.