Ali, it's safe if you can trust the network. If you are at home, using your wireless network, and you trust that your internet provider won't try to steal your facebook identity, then it's fine. If you cannot trust your internet provider, or you are using some open wireless network which you don't manage yourself, then don't use this trick.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center-signon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1180297 Title: Opening facebook "Success" page in external browser Status in “gnome-control-center-signon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I suppose these are the same symptoms as bug #1132030. Don't know about the cause though - a lot of refactoring seems to have happened since then. My FB authentication token has expired. Now, at a regular interval, UOA is opening a webpage (https://www.facebook.com/connect/blank.html#_=_) in Firefox. It says "Success SECURITY WARNING: Please treat the URL above as you would your password and do not share it with anyone.)" The issue is also reproducable when attempting to add a new Facebook account. 1. Open Online Accounts 2. Click "Add account…" 3. Select "Facebook" 4. Observe that a window opens in the external browser, as above ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.6bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-1.5-generic 3.9.1 Uname: Linux 3.9.0-1-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.10-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 15 09:59:59 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-07 (219 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20121007) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-control-center-signon UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-07 (8 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center-signon/+bug/1180297/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
