You can’t go a day on the Book of Faces without seeing someone posting that they have been hacked.\u00a0 It’s so common we don’t even get excited about it anymore.\u00a0 But these people are all wrong.\u00a0 No one is hacking your grandmother’s Facebook account.<\/p>\n
What IS happening is that people are opening themselves up to getting their accounts compromised by clicking on stupid shit.<\/p>\n
You see these account breakers all the time.\u00a0 “Click here to see what wildflower you are”!\u00a0 “Click here to see what 2024 is going to bring you”!\u00a0 “Click here to find out your elf name”!\u00a0 \u00a0 You might have even given in to the temptation to click on one of them yourself.\u00a0 But you need to stay strong!\u00a0 When you click on those kinds of things, you usually ARE shown a message about what you are allowing that program to do, but no one reads that, so they just keep clicking and allow apps to have all KINDS of access their account.<\/p>\n
Next thing you know, your aunt’s FB page gets cloned and she’s asking for new friends.\u00a0 After that, she starts hitting you up to buy cheap drugs or God only knows what else.\u00a0 OR, she starts tagging you in all kinds of posts with titles like “I can’t believe they are gone” or “You won’t believe what happens next”.<\/p>\n
Then, the post comes out- “I’ve been hacked!”\u00a0 \u00a0 No, you weren’t.\u00a0 You handed over the keys voluntarily.\u00a0 YOU gave them access to your account because you just had to know what percentage bitch you are.\u00a0 YOU couldn’t wait to find out what your Bible verse for the year is.<\/p>\n
I know this is tough for our older relatives and friends to understand, so please make sure you talk to those folks about these kinds of dangers online.\u00a0 Then again, I’ve seen some younger folks- some QUITE a bit younger than me- falling for this crap too.\u00a0 So maybe you better talk to them too.<\/p>\n
Let’s all be safe out there!<\/p>\n
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