could you post the link pls? wanna re-produce that... On 01/20/12 04:13, Wesley Kerfoot wrote: > So there I was, innocently posting anti-SOPA links on my wall. I close > my facebook tab temporarily, open a new one a few minutes later, and I’m > logged out of my account. > > “Well that’s odd” I think. So I log back in. > > “Your computer has malware!” Facebook says to me. They tell me that my > computer has malware, okay, well I am very skeptical of that since I run > Arch Linux, my kernel and all of my software is up-to-date, and I don’t > remember running any strange shell scripts as root. > > They then proceed to force me to certify that I’ve run Anti-Virus > software, and link to several Windows and OS-X programs. > > “Well that’s offensive to me, both as a Linux user and a Programmer” I > think. Why would they not even bother to check my user-agent to see what > OS I am running? Why does Facebook even have an algorithm to try and > detect if someone has malware on their computer? How do you even say > “You have malware on your computer” with any confidence when the only > interface between you and the user is HTTP? Facebook doesn’t have access > to my computer’s hard disk. They have no right to tell me if I do or do > not have any malware. > > So now I am completely locked out of making any changes to my account or > posting on my wall, or anyone else’s. All because Facebook was too lazy > to check for false positives. This will supposedly last for around two days. > > I ended up sending a bug report that will most likely be ignored, and > not even looked at. I will most likely end up waiting the two days for > my account to be re-instated because I don’t know anyone who personally > works for facebook that can fix the issue. > > The message here for Facebook is that they shouldn’t implement systems > that they can’t support when they fail. > > Apparently (this is according to people who I’ve talked to) there is a > virus program going around in the Windows world called the “Carberp” > Trojan. The lesson here is also that even if you refuse to use Windows, > you can still be affected by the mediocrity of Windows. You are not 100% > safe even on Linux, BSD, or Haiku. > > Good job Facebook! You just impeded someone who was trying to help you > stay around! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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