Spyware Sneaks Past Facebook Safeguard


	Spyware Sneaks Past Facebook Safeguard

David Hughes

10-3-2009 7:50 PM

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David Hughes says:

Being anti-Facebook, I had to clip this!

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10-3-2009 11:58 PM

The Infowarrior

Being anti facebook, along with other such data mining operations, I had to pop it.

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