Just say no to these prompts. There’s no need a Facebook application has any need to email you directly bypassing the “safe” realm of what Facebook already offers.

Applications that need to contact you can already do so via your in box, application counters, and emailing you via Facebook’s email proxy. (A proxy which protects you from the malicious behaviour I’m about to describe…)  There is just absolutely no reason that Mindjolt (no offense guys, you were the first that I saw this using and the rant below is not directed at you) needs to email me anything, ever… (more…)

You constantly hear about things happening to people because of things on facebook.  Mostly pictures and how certain people who probably shouldn’t be able to see them somehow managed to see them.

And it goes sort of like this.  I have a photo album called ‘Pets‘ and this album on Facebook.  This album has the privacy setting “Friends Only” and as you will see if you click the link to the album a few things will happen depending on who you are and whether or not you are logged in to Facebook… (more…)