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Security on fab, is it a concern?
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In the light of the ashley madison hack last week and the AFF hack last year, how safe are we on here?
The most pressing concern I think the fab admins should have is forcing all connections to the site to be over https, and not just http.
Events with that ashley madison and AFF sites should not be ignored.
A lot of people could be face some serious embarrassment (and worse) if fab was to be hacked...especially as our verification picture cannot be removed.
Also does fab retain copies of pics that we have removed from the site? Are the pictures we do have up stored and served safely?
What kind of exposure (if you pardon the pun) are we all facing if fab is compromised?
This is not a criticism of fab, just a general and serious question to all, do you worry about this? Do you always use the https prefix when browsing to fab for example? |
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Kola has got a point. Nothing is safe on the internet.
If you are prepared to post naked pics of yourself on this site you take the risk that they may get into the public domain for all to see.
I just hope they steal the good ones of me lol  |
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over a year ago
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The bigger concern is someone taking photo's of someone completely innocent from such as facebook or other site then logging on here under their photo's
security of pics should not be a concern as you yourself have come on here knowing the risk, but payment cards, visa etc may be a big concern
should your questions not be directed to Admin to answer and put your mind at ease |
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The usual rule of thumb applies : if you upload it to anywhere on the internet, be prepared for it to become public.
With the best will in the world it's impossible for any site admin to secure their site against all possible attacks. What is secure today may well not be secure tomorrow, the threat landscape changes that quickly.
Assume anything uploaded is public. If you aren't happy with that, don't upload it. Also, some basic precautions help. Fab is doing well in that regard by making these easy to implement.
They don't insist on credit cards or names & addresses - you can pay be text from a prepay phone or use a 'virtual' card to pay, a big plus from a financial security perspective and something a lot of other sites could learn from.
Don't be too specific about locations in profiles. (this is common sense really)
Don't use genuine dates of birth. For example, keep the year correct and slightly modify the day & month.
Don't use the same password for multiple sites/services, especially not for those that hold personal information about you.
I could go on for ages but you get the idea - your security is largely in your own hands. You can't stop people hacking sites but you can make it much harder for them to cause you trouble if they do.
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"The usual rule of thumb applies : if you upload it to anywhere on the internet, be prepared for it to become public.
With the best will in the world it's impossible for any site admin to secure their site against all possible attacks. What is secure today may well not be secure tomorrow, the threat landscape changes that quickly.
Assume anything uploaded is public. If you aren't happy with that, don't upload it. Also, some basic precautions help. Fab is doing well in that regard by making these easy to implement.
They don't insist on credit cards or names & addresses - you can pay be text from a prepay phone or use a 'virtual' card to pay, a big plus from a financial security perspective and something a lot of other sites could learn from.
Don't be too specific about locations in profiles. (this is common sense really)
Don't use genuine dates of birth. For example, keep the year correct and slightly modify the day & month.
Don't use the same password for multiple sites/services, especially not for those that hold personal information about you.
I could go on for ages but you get the idea - your security is largely in your own hands. You can't stop people hacking sites but you can make it much harder for them to cause you trouble if they do.
S."
All very sound advice, well said. |
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Anything you post on the net is at our own risk.
Few weeks ago got & email about money deposited in my bank stupidly clicked on it,had to change the lot passwords the lot  |
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