Friday, 21 October 2011
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
How to Identify a fake facebook profile
Imagine something nice happens in your life.You are no more that lonely guy or girl.And it all starts from some social networking site say facebook.Out of nowhere some God sent angel comes to your life and your life turns upside down.But life as we know it is not always that easy.Finally you came to know that the person was a fictional character and that person never existed but its too late and you have shared some of your darkest secrets or some information which that person can use for his benefits or blackmail you.Or the person had sent you a trozan or key-logger in an email attachment and without your knowing that trozan got installed in your system and now he has got all your passwords your credit card transaction details or may be he is getting your web-cam access. All these things might seem impossible to some but it happens and has ruined many peoples lives or have caused temporary troubles.People got robbed , got raped, lost their jobs.These are some of the scenarios that might happen to any random person who is too careless in choosing their online friend . Someone might invade your privacy.Social networking has become an essential part of our lives and its good too.But to be safe in this cyber world we got to be more vigilant.
There are crooks, liars and scammers all around.In this post I will show you how to detect a fake facebook account and some tips for a safe journey in the information superhighway.
Identifying a fake facebook account
Analyse the profile pictures and albums and info
Go through the persons photos.The first thing you need to analyze is the profile photo.If the profile seem like that of some immensely attractive lady or man,you need to be alert.Next if the profile picture is that of some cartoon,film star ,celebraty it might not be a real one.Now go through the person’s another profile pictures in his or her albums and if you can find different photos or simply a few photos it’s a postive sign of a fake profile.Check if there are photos related to the persons life like family pics,office pics,with friends,or other such photos If you can’t find any such pictures then its most probably a fake profile.If the person's albums are filled with random pictures like flowers cars etc,It might be fake. Look for tagged photos of the person.A real person will usually be tagged by his friends.It might also provide a clue.Usually some fakers donot neatly fills the info space,but many does.
Use GOOGLE to check if a profile picture is fake!
Now here is a game changer.Google has introduced a cool new feature.Go to google image search.Drag any image and drop it in the search box and you will get results if that image exist anywhere or is linked in any website.Since most of these fackers uses pictures downloaded from various sites it is most probable that you will get your answer . Download the images of that person and drag it and drop it into the search box.The results might shock you.Even if the person has not enabled you to view photos since you have not accepted the friend request you can use screen shot tool to capture the Profile picture and search it in google.You can use a screen shot tool named greenshot,its easy to use.You can download greenshot from http://getgreenshot.org/.
Check Out the wall
A fake facebook profile owner will not have a uniform rate of posts on his wall .The person will have lesser posts since he will have to maintain his original account too.Look carefully what content he posts.If it’s a fake profile you will find less posts related to personal life or work or other real life activities.There will be lesser interaction on his wall with friends, will comment less on others walls.There might also be a lots of widgets that fills his walls with automated posts.They does this to make the page look more used.
Cyber Stalk that person
This might sound weird but it proves fruitful many a times in idetifying a fake profile. Try google and other search engines to search for that persons .You can try linkedin too.Try this if you know the person's e-mail id.There is a website called lullar www.lullar.com . It has various search options, I like the e-mail search option.Enter the e-mail id and you will get if the person is in any other social networking sites or have other online accounts with that e-mail id.
Some important points
An entire Album of some other person can be stolen.So You cannot always take it for granted that since there are many photos of the same person it is a genuine account.The person might already be friend with some your friends in facebook.These guys might be smarter than you assume. So use your common sense and don't go nuts even if it is too convincing.Do not click any links of apps posted by friends that claim to do more than expected.Always stay updated about the various viral images,spam status messages and hoax updates that keep spreading . Since for any cyber frauds the most vulnerable thing is the human element so choose your friends carefully and share your updates and information cautiously.
Stay safe,Play Safe
12:07 by Sourav · 2
Monday, 10 October 2011
Facebook Ipad App Launched
android, Apple app store, Facebook, Facebook for ipad launched, Facebook Ipad, facebook ipad app, Ipad 2
Friday, 7 October 2011
TOP ANDROID APPS IN THE MARKET NOW
The google market is filled with a plethora of Apps
. I have handpicked some of the most successful free Apps.Give them a try.
Lookout Mobile Security
When it comes to
mobile security Lookout is the no. 1 in the android market . The security
widget scans blocks and removes malwares. You can schedule your scans and the
database is very consistent which regularly updates automatically.You can make
your phone ring, even if it is in a silent mode,and also you can locate via GPS
from any browser if your phone is lost someday. You can also backup the data
and restore them later. You can access all your backed up data from PC. The
best use of this android app is its lightweight, Phone locator and backup
options.
Astrid
Astrid also known as Android’s
Simple Task Recording Dashboard.Astrid is a much loved and one of the most
downloaded todo list/task manager with fully packed amazing features.Astrid
makes it simple to organize your life within the phone. It integrates cleanly
into the Android interface, and offers humanizing reminds (“Come on, let’s get
this done.”) to help motivate you along on deadlines.It has been recognised as
the no. 1 productivity application by Android Network Awards.
06:59 by Sourav · 1
Advanced Task Killer, android, App to SD, apps, Astrid, Dropbox, ES File Explore, Evernote, Google Sky Map, Google Voice, iTriage Mobile Health, Kindle, Lookout Mobile Security, market, Uninstaller
Thursday, 6 October 2011
INSTALLING APACHE SERVER AND PHP IN UBUNTU
Hello friends I will be explaining how to install
Apache server and Php in Ubuntu in simple way. We will be using the LAMP stack
for the installation using the command line. You need not be worried it’s not
as it seems and your development server should be working within minutes.
We will look into it in a step by step manner and also
provide certain screen shots to help. The first requirement is a working
version of Ubuntu Linux (and I assume u already have Ubuntu installed).Now we
will go through the procedure.
1) Open Terminal
2) Type sudo
apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 phpmyadmin
13:48 by Chetan · 2
apache, apache linux php, LAMP stack, Linux web development, php. LAMP Ubuntu, Ubunbtu natty narhwal, Ubuntu, web development
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