Re: OT -- Facebook and Mobile Phones

[Guest guest]

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>> Beware anyone who uses a mobile phone to communicate with any FB groups! FB

has made some change which disallows mobile phone users to access FB groups,

this has been going on since abou midnite EDT. Don't be surprised if other FB

accesses become affected later, as this appears to be an obvious campaign to

disenfranchise as many of us mobile phone users as possible!

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> It wouldn't seem to be in FB's best interest to disenfranchise mobile

> phone users, as that is a rapidly growing segment of the market that

> represents FB's present and future bread-and-butter.

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> I think something else may be going on here. If the impact is as great

> as claimed, there will probably be some news articles about the issue in

> the morning.

I wonder if that something else could be anything to do with the fact

that both FB and Twitter have been so effectively used on mobile phones

recently by dissident groups organising demonstrations and street

violence against government policies and autocratic regimes.

Some of these have ultimately let to the downfall of complete regimes,

so perhaps the slow dawning of this reality could now be making

authorities around the world start to quake in their boots and take

evasive action?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

It's not a plot, just a glitch. But since this probably isn't an issue for the

majority of members here, if you contact me off list at hfoisyca@... I will

explain how to fix it.

- Helen

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> Beware anyone who uses a mobile phone to communicate with any FB groups! FB

has made some change which disallows mobile phone users to access FB groups,

this has been going on since abou midnite EDT. Don't be surprised if other FB

accesses become affected later, as this appears to be an obvious campaign to

disenfranchise as many of us mobile phone users as possible!

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> " Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be

normal. "

> --Albert Camus

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> Sent from my VZW BlackBerry

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[Guest guest]

Right you are, ! This was recently evidenced to me when I was having a

problem with Yahoo. Though initial contact with their technical help is only

possible via the web, thereafter when they needed specific information they

asked for it to be sent by fax, not email

That being said, 's problem is a common experience with FB users; FB tend to

reset defaults with frightening regularity, with unintended consequences to its

subscribers - technically savvy or not. Therefore, if you are a FB subscriber

(or of any other " free " social networking site) it's *always* a good idea to

check *all* your settings, especially security settings, at least once a month.

Hopefully 's problem has been resolved as we speak.

- Helen

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> Most folks don't realize how easy it is for unscrupulous hackers to hijack

one's mobile electronics. With data mining, hackers can get just enough

information about targeted users to spoof their carriers into account changes

and denial of service. The mobile device industry has spent much less time

assuring security and privacy on these devices than it has in assuring

advertisers and folks who make money off the number of eyeballs viewing ads than

most users realize.

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> This is why professionals relying on privacy and confidentiality have not

adopted wireless services as a significant means of communicating with their

patients and clients. If you haven't noticed it already, just run a check to see

how many professionals have given up land lines or the FAX process for secure

and private communication with their clients and one another. Having both secure

means of communicating increased my business costs--but not to a significant

extent--before I retired and sold some of my consulting business's cost centers.

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> There are hidden costs to some conveniences and the use of social media that

many of us who've embraced certain kinds of social media uncritically haven't

realized until we're bitten on the bottom by them.

> N. Meyer

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