Has Your Twitter/Jaiku Rss Feed Been Hijacked? - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T15:55:41Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:105305?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A107425&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI read that one way to deter…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-06-10:649749:Comment:3515752009-06-10T17:52:53.354ZKiwi Commonshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KiwiCommons
I read that one way to deter criminals from impersonating you is by creating and maintaining online profiles in all the major social networks, so that they won't be able to.<br />
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According to the Annual Threat Report, the amount of information available on the web is like grease on wheels for fraudsters. It makes impersonating and misrepresenting personal and business identities easy.<br />
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Also, another tip is to be careful who you add onto your online networks. Some fraudsters set up fake accounts.…
I read that one way to deter criminals from impersonating you is by creating and maintaining online profiles in all the major social networks, so that they won't be able to.<br />
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According to the Annual Threat Report, the amount of information available on the web is like grease on wheels for fraudsters. It makes impersonating and misrepresenting personal and business identities easy.<br />
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Also, another tip is to be careful who you add onto your online networks. Some fraudsters set up fake accounts. Contact the administrators of the sites in the case where you suspect this happening.<br />
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I also agree that you should take the appropriate measures to avoid hijacking situations of accounts and identity misrepresentation. But with all the new technologies that are being developed, the risk of hijacking won't be measured by how many RSS feeds you have out there. Have you all heard of the tool designed to allow people to take control of Facebook accounts? It analyzes the communication that Facebook has with computers in addition to cookies. Also, there's the Twitter security risk where anyone can authenticate an account via SMS spoofing services. There are so many holes in social network sites that leave you vulnerable to hacking.<br />
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If you want to read a little more on identities and social network risks, here's an interesting article of ours on <b>how someone can de-anonymize identities across social network sites using a simple algorithm!</b> <a href="http://kiwicommons.com/2009/04/internet-anonymity%E2%80%93no-such-thing/#more-624">http://kiwicommons.com/2009/04/internet-anonymity%E2%80%93no-such-t...</a> Again, the message in the article is the same as Susan's hijacking experience: Be careful what personal information you are putting out there on the Internet. Including what you fill out on registration forms and profile pages. I had never heard of Jaiku un…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-13:649749:Comment:1089532008-02-13T11:14:54.779ZJohn Plummerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JohnPlummer
I had never heard of Jaiku until I read this post, Twitter I already have. I'll join Jaiku as it looks fun. I think though that the message on their homepage that Google is going to buy them is a little worrying. There used to be a website <a href="http://www.jot.com">www.jot.com</a> that created wikis and stuff and since Google bought them out nothing has happened with their site, registrations are all closed off and have been since the buyout. I read online that Google has done this with…
I had never heard of Jaiku until I read this post, Twitter I already have. I'll join Jaiku as it looks fun. I think though that the message on their homepage that Google is going to buy them is a little worrying. There used to be a website <a href="http://www.jot.com">www.jot.com</a> that created wikis and stuff and since Google bought them out nothing has happened with their site, registrations are all closed off and have been since the buyout. I read online that Google has done this with other sites to kill them off so they could promote their own versions of the sites. I hope this isn't happening here too. I am curious if you guys use Twitter or Jaiku with ESL students and what you use them for. I work in Brasil as and English teacher and getting my students to look at stuff online other than Orkut is hard work. I had some success with some Wikispaces I set up for them. I really like the idea of using the internet with my students as it give opportunities to do more than just the classroom stuff.<br />
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Oh :-( I just read that they closed off registrations in Jaiku, shame :-( While profile stealing is an…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1078812008-02-09T20:18:25.259ZChristine Southardhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChristineSouthard
While profile stealing is an issue that I"m concerned about and I wish I had more control over. I wish we also had control over who had access to our rss feeds through twitter, my blog, etc., as it is too anonymous for me. Maybe it is time for the technology to adapt and give us control over who has access to our rss. Has anyone contacted twitter about their hijacked feeds?<br />
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BTW - Thanks Sylvia for the great ideas. Google alert is one of my favorite tools and I wasn't even using it to alert me…
While profile stealing is an issue that I"m concerned about and I wish I had more control over. I wish we also had control over who had access to our rss feeds through twitter, my blog, etc., as it is too anonymous for me. Maybe it is time for the technology to adapt and give us control over who has access to our rss. Has anyone contacted twitter about their hijacked feeds?<br />
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BTW - Thanks Sylvia for the great ideas. Google alert is one of my favorite tools and I wasn't even using it to alert me about me. :) Great name! Hope you get it t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1078572008-02-09T19:05:03.021ZSusanTsairihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/tsairi
Great name! Hope you get it to work. If we're talking scary, have you seen spokeo.com which will find feeds from anyone who happens to be in your email contact list.
Great name! Hope you get it to work. If we're talking scary, have you seen spokeo.com which will find feeds from anyone who happens to be in your email contact list. Google did announce this .. m…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1078552008-02-09T19:02:34.816ZFrank, Divergent Learnerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Frank
Google did announce this .. maybe not soon enough but they certainly discussed the vulnerability with the iGoogle hole and that they were getting things taken care of .. remember that they just recently acquired Jaiku ... and you can't even join now while they get things in order .. but I have some free invites (because I was a member before acquisition) if anyone wants one ...
Google did announce this .. maybe not soon enough but they certainly discussed the vulnerability with the iGoogle hole and that they were getting things taken care of .. remember that they just recently acquired Jaiku ... and you can't even join now while they get things in order .. but I have some free invites (because I was a member before acquisition) if anyone wants one ... Thanks for this dialog Susan…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1078452008-02-09T18:37:59.716ZFrank, Divergent Learnerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Frank
Thanks for this dialog Susan as certainly we need to discuss these balances between openness, sharing and connectivity and privacy, especially when abuse and personal security are involved.<br />
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I just made a mega <a href="http://franksblog.edublogs.org/2008/02/09/jaiku-mash-it-all-up-feed-badge/">EduMashup Madness</a> flash badge that pulls all my feeds (including friends) .. now that IS SCARY, Now if I can just get the links to work!!!!
Thanks for this dialog Susan as certainly we need to discuss these balances between openness, sharing and connectivity and privacy, especially when abuse and personal security are involved.<br />
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I just made a mega <a href="http://franksblog.edublogs.org/2008/02/09/jaiku-mash-it-all-up-feed-badge/">EduMashup Madness</a> flash badge that pulls all my feeds (including friends) .. now that IS SCARY, Now if I can just get the links to work!!!! As I think I already mentione…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1078432008-02-09T18:37:16.690ZSusanTsairihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/tsairi
As I think I already mentioned , one thing that worried me was the thought that my family, students or employer could have (theoretically) found that profile before me. Had that been the case I would not have had the relevant information to prove that "there <b>is</b> smoke without fire"<br />
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Maybe it would be an idea to keep some kind of list of bogus sites - (not with links to the offending sites so as not to provide them with more traffic, possibly screenpics or the like.)
As I think I already mentioned , one thing that worried me was the thought that my family, students or employer could have (theoretically) found that profile before me. Had that been the case I would not have had the relevant information to prove that "there <b>is</b> smoke without fire"<br />
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Maybe it would be an idea to keep some kind of list of bogus sites - (not with links to the offending sites so as not to provide them with more traffic, possibly screenpics or the like.) Thanks Sylvia for these great…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1078252008-02-09T18:12:07.446ZSusanTsairihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/tsairi
Thanks Sylvia for these great ideas for tracking our names etc.
Thanks Sylvia for these great ideas for tracking our names etc. One thing I've done to keep t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-09:649749:Comment:1078152008-02-09T17:01:47.979ZSylvia Martinezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/smartinez
One thing I've done to keep track of uses of my name is to set up <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts">Google alerts</a> on things of interest to me You could do school name, company name, your common login name...<br />
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Another thing is to set up a <a href="http://technorati.com">Technorati</a> search for the same things. All Technorati search results have RSS feeds that you can subscribe to in your RSS reader. You can do the same thing with <a href="http://tweetscan.com/index.php">Tweetscan…</a>
One thing I've done to keep track of uses of my name is to set up <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts">Google alerts</a> on things of interest to me You could do school name, company name, your common login name...<br />
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Another thing is to set up a <a href="http://technorati.com">Technorati</a> search for the same things. All Technorati search results have RSS feeds that you can subscribe to in your RSS reader. You can do the same thing with <a href="http://tweetscan.com/index.php">Tweetscan</a> - set up an RSS feed for your twitter id, or something you want to track. A couple weeks ago I set up a Tweetscan RSS feed to watch for mentions of "Educon" - so I could find people twittering about it even if i wasn't following them. It was really helpful at the conference for finding people and planning things. So, I too do not feel at risk…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-02-08:649749:Comment:1074252008-02-08T16:58:25.274ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
So, I too do not feel at risk from the specific situation this time, but I also do not have a hard time imagining that in different circumstances I might feel at risk. The more I think about it, the more convince I am that my online identity does merit protection, just as I also want to be able to trust the identities of others that I see.<br />
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I agree that I'm not convinced that the professional networks that are getting scraped have any responsibility, either to inform their members or to change…
So, I too do not feel at risk from the specific situation this time, but I also do not have a hard time imagining that in different circumstances I might feel at risk. The more I think about it, the more convince I am that my online identity does merit protection, just as I also want to be able to trust the identities of others that I see.<br />
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I agree that I'm not convinced that the professional networks that are getting scraped have any responsibility, either to inform their members or to change their service. But it would be interesting to know if they are aware of what is going on and that they think--since their credibility is impacted as well.<br />
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I'm fascinated by this thread. Thanks for keeping it going!