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Facebook only checks for impostors within your circle of friends
When you go to Face Recognition in Facebook's Settings page, there's a link that leads you to more info about it that says switching it on can "help protect you from strangers using a photo of you as their profile picture." That pertains to a feature Facebook launched in March that's supposed to tip it off if somebody is impersonating you. According to a new report by The Washington Post, though, the technology won't quite solve Facebook's problem with fake accounts. The social network has admitted to the publication that it mostly looks for impostors only among your friends and friends of friends.
Keepin' it real fake, part CXIV: the N95 FM radio... from Asaki
It's just what you've been waiting for -- a Nokia N95 running Windows Mobile. It looks like the rumors were true after all! What's that? This is not a real phone? It's just an FM radio with a sticker on the screen? Oh bother. Yes folks, thanks to eagle-eyed tipster Eric, you're looking at the next evolution in gadgetry -- the Asaki N95 FM radio. We're not sure what the going price for this is, but we'd imagine slightly less than $779, though the real N95 doesn't come with those totally pimped-out headphones, does it?
IT imposter gains access to two PSN users accounts
Someone pretending to be SCEA IT personnel was able to receive information on two PSN user accounts over the phone. However, the accidental release of information does not indicate a breach of any kind to the Network. Kimberly Otzman explained to GameDaily, "Just to clarify, there has been no hacking or electronic breach to any of SCEA's electronic security systems. An as-yet-unidentified PSN user impersonating an SCEA IT employee apparently called customer service agents in order to gain unauthorized access to two PSN user accounts not belonging to the impostor. The unauthorized accessing of the two accounts was discovered immediately after it took place, the unauthorized access was disabled, and the account-holders were notified." Exactly how this impostor was able to so easily access this information is unclear, and a bit troubling. Undoubtedly, there will be new protocols implemented at SCEA to ensure that this doesn't happen again in the future. "No consumer experienced any financial loss or damage. In response to the incident, SCEA immediately enhanced its customer service protocol, implementing additional security safeguards, and began an intensive investigation of the incident that remains ongoing," Otzman continued. [Via Joystiq]
Homebrew impostor will brick your system
One of the dangers of using homebrew is that there's always a chance that something bad will happen to your system, causing it to be completely useless, or "bricked." A user of the MaxConsole forums has discovered an impostor pretending to be Dark_Alex, one of the homebrew community's most prominent members. His site, dark-alex.com, is a complete replica of the original programmer's site, but features some very malicious files. Unfortunate users that download a file from the impostor's site will discover that their system no longer works. It's unfortunate to see such malevolent intentions on the internet ... be careful![Via DCemu]
