Facebook has officially launched its new modern messaging system. While Facebook should be applauded for some of the Privacy Settings built into its new messages system.
The biggest advantage of a system like the new Facebook messages, which involves the ability to aggregate and combine all of your communications channels in one place, also makes our security sense go a little haywire.
Facebook is already the fourth largest online phishing target and the spate of attacks using the social network have only increased in recent months. Rogue Facebook Apps and augmented e-mail scams are just some of what Facebook users can already be expected to look out for in the current messaging system.
Furthermore, if users are going to transition to using Facebook as a central repository for social messaging, keeping your computers patched, your browsers up-to-date and your passwords unique is going to become even more important.
Furthermore, if users are going to transition to using Facebook as a central repository for social messaging, keeping your computers patched, your browsers up-to-date and your passwords unique is going to become even more important.
Also keep in mind that if you choose to communicate with someone who has an @facebook.com e-mail address, what you send over is being archived and stored in their messages account. Now, this is true for all hosted e-mail platforms, but most e-mail accounts aren't tied seamlessly to your social graph. When celebrities or politicians have their e-mail account hacked, it's often a reminder of just what sort of information we all have that we might not want to be made public.
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