Identity Management Systems, Logical and Physical Access, Convergence

Peer-sourced ID vetting comes to Facebook

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Security application enables friends to verify one and others’ identities

Those friend requests seem to come in bursts on Facebook. Nothing for weeks and then “boom” 10 requests in four days.

Some requests are easy to accept but others can be difficult. “How do I know this person? Do we have friends in common?” These are frequent questions but the most difficult one is: “How do I know that person is really who they claim to be?”

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Web designer and developer Gareth Wright has discovered security vulnerabilities in Facebook’s app for iOS and Android devices, reports MacRumors.com.

The flaw allows malicious users to access login credentials that are located in a .plist file connected to the app and use them to login to the stolen account on a different device.

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Facebook has acquired Tagtile, a San Francisco based start-up that offers an NFC-enabled mobile marketing and loyalty rewards service for small businesses and merchants.

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dwinQ announced that with its RFID and mobile technologies the company has achieved Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer status and has completed a deep integration into the Facebook API & Platform.

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Two German artists have started creating unofficial ID cards for Facebook and Google+ users to highlight the importance of an online identity as opposed to a government-issued one.

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