Is it suspicious for facebook to ask for my system administrator password?
I was trying to create a photo album on facebook. I have uploaded photos there before for my profile pic and to add to notes, but when I tried to create a photo album, it wanted me to download an exporting app for iphoto, and to download that it required me to be my computer's system administrator, and enter my main password.
Advice to Karthrik: Do not advise people if your knowledge of the problem begins with "if."
Thanks to all others. But now I can't create photo albums, because that page is blocked. Any advice on how to get around that?
And I still have the installer sitting on my desktop. Is there any place to report that sort of thing?
I'm not too worried about spyware because Mac still claims their OS is too simple to hijack. Is that just propaganda? I heard a rumor in the legit news that apple had been breached by harmless ibots not all that long ago, but the apple store is still officially denying this.
What's up with that?
@wyrm: "Worm?" LOL! Sorry, I wish I could trust that your link was legit.
What world... what a world...
...or how about "Fish Trapper" (weir 'em)
But seriously, someone must be checking back here, because someone tagged their interest. So what about the follow ups? I'm only recently reformed cyberamish, so I'm pretty clueless here. Are questions that challenge the legitmacy of hackers considered faux pas or what?
I mean, like, to borrow a page from Bloom County, I have no fear of waking up and finding my credit rating slashed, but they do have other ways of making us wish we hadn't talked. Whatwhat?
OK! Thanks, wyrm. Especially for being such a good sport after the name calling. Your information seems in line with what I've gotten from two people I know and trust. It doesn't explain what I've heard on the radio about hackers being able to use URLs that "mimmic" legit sites, but the radio never said that they could *exactly duplicate* a return address, so maybe the radio was referring to the sort of partial immitation you cited.
So I guess the best advice then would be Don't Panic, but remain sensibly cautious, use a Mac, and for Pete's sake, always back up your files!!!
PS: Whoever upgraded my consumer profile so the pop ups would start trying to sell me BMWs, Lincolns and invite me to visit the local diamond merchants...
Cut it out!!! si vous plait.