Problem with Facebook allow hackers to delete any video in our profiles

Security expert named Dan Melamed had a nasty Facebook problem, which allows hackers to delete any video in our profiles. We remind you that last year the company remove such defect that could remove the photos from our social network. In this case, it is necessary attacker to create a new Facebook event and got a certain video page, reported NSmartphone.

After himself clip is upload using popular tools such as web browsers Fiddler, to modify the specific application. In this way, hackers can change the name of your video with any video social network. The last step is to click on the button “Delete Post”, which simultaneously will erase both their position and original video.

This bug outsider could block and comments below the video content in our accounts.

The Facebook problem already aware of this problem and even paid $ 10 thousand for the opening of Dan Melamed. The company even confirmed that it provided a software update that removes it. However, this bug is another proof how vulnerable can be even huge platforms of Facebook’s rank to such practices. The good news is that the company’s engineers constantly monitor and eliminate such problems in order to protect us.

Source: Thehackernews

Title: Problem with Facebook allow hackers to delete any video in our profiles
Updated: 2017-01-24
Author: Dan Green

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Facebook Messenger will soon be richer for Instant Video – video games?

Facebook Messenger is slowly but surely attract more and more users. An abrupt jump could be expected when you’re in it to play video games.

Many may ask the question – why install another application for communication, and to only exchanged messages on Facebook? Maybe it’s not a bad idea to try. What is certain is that the concept of Facebook Messenger rapidly evolving constantly with some novelties.

If you use it then you know that there are sympathetic “stickers”, video chats, filters in Snapchat style and much more, so that it is no longer just a platform for communication but a lot more. That last we knew it would become an interesting platform for shopping, but also for video games.

When? They say in the near future. The world’s leading manufacturers of games for mobile platforms such as King (they made Candy Crush) is already collaborating with Facebook on some gaming titles, which will appear in the part on Facebook called “Instant Games“.

This is not something new but rather the expected evolutionary step in the right direction, and to attract even more customers. If you still do not use, here are useful links:

• The official site
• Android Applications
• IOS
• Windows Phone

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How to change the color of the chat windows on Facebook for Android

Facebook wants to surprise its users with the premiere of a new feature with which to personalize the way they look our profiles. Some owners of Android smartphones can now use the feature that allows you to own color to your chat windows on Facebook and change their background. So far, this tool is limited only to text messages, and will soon be available for devices with iOS. If all goes according to plan ought Facebook allow us to change our chat windows when using links photos and videos?

That’s another attempt of the company to provide us with endless opportunities to personalize windows that communicate with their loved ones in the social network, announced Pocket-Lint. If you are interested in this interesting option of the chat windows on Facebook is necessary to click on “What’s on your mind” section in the status bar updates and start typing. Once you do you will have the opportunity to choose the color you want to decorate the corresponding chat. The only thing you have left is to send the post and it will appear with the background that you chose.

Facebook’s plans provide this function initially be available only on Android, but will eventually integrate it to your Google Wallet for iOS and web version of the social network. For now, users can choose between eight color configurations, White, Yellow, Yellow and Orange Gradient, Red-Orange, Green and Blue Gradient, Blue, Pink and Purple Gradient and Grey. A matter of time to see if this feature will become a hit among consumers.

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Facebook will allow us to log in Android apps with your phone number

Facebook developed a new feature with which we want to facilitate logging into our social network profiles. That tool is now part of the latest version of Android apps Kit tool for developers. Thanks to him, users will have the option of signing in as introduce only your phone number. So you will not have to write username and password and additional code SMS. The feature will be quite useful for smartphone owners and those who use several accounts on the social network.

Once you introduce your phone number special algorithm will automatically check the database on Facebook, to connect with the profile of that user, forward VentureBeat. That ‘s possible if you first logged into your account on the social network. The new alternative method can be used for other mobile applications that use a smartphone with android. Facebook believe that this will facilitate our maximum. Unless it finds a match the phone number will still receive SMS messages smartphone with a code to use for authentication.

Previous tests have shown 97 percent efficiency in finding the right phone numbers of consumers. We remind you that Google Android apps are also experimenting with alternative methods to facilitate logging in applications for the most popular mobile platform. Instead, telephone number company tested ways with which to enter them only with the username of login us at Google. Before we see how long it will take on Facebook to present the new system for authentication of all users.

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A new feature in Facebook Live will facilitate the viewing of video

Facebook Live is a platform to broadcast video in real time. It is available to users since February. In recent months, the company constantly surprises us with new features that allow you to make the most of this functionality. Facebook experiment with the additional update with which we can watch live broadcasts of small Autoplay window in the lower right corner of the application of the social network. Initially, the function will be available for iOS and promptly will be used for Android.

Users will see notifications showing the video pages and channels that follow to Facebook, informed Mashable. The new pop-up window will recommend the video that you will want to watch. The videos will be shown directly in your News Feed and from sources that you like. The actual video will start automatically but can be closed by you if you do not have a time or are not interested in it. The company will try to stimulate us to look more Facebook Live content.

Facebook already experimenting with new Video section in our profiles to facilitate the discovery of interesting videos. We still do not know how long it will take the company to submit a new feature to all owners of smartphones with Android and iOS. Thanks to her discovery of attractive video content will be easier than ever. Facebook Live e popular platform that every day causes many users to spend more time in their profiles.

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Facebook now supports group video calls in the desktop version

Facebook now supports group video calls and already introduced a new feature to perform group conversations in the Annex Messenger. The huge consumer interest in it is the reason for the company’s desire to integrate into the desktop version of the social network. In this way, Facebook hopes to become a bigger competitor to Skype and Google Hangouts in the field of video communication. We are currently conducting tests with a limited number of users that can work with this functionality, reports TechRadar.

FACEBOOK NOW SUPPORTS GROUP VIDEO CALLS

After logging into their Facebook profiles from the preferred web browser they can start a group conversation by clicking a new icon in the shape of a telephone handset. This function works the same way as the identical option in Facebook Messenger. The most serious advantage is that there is no need to install additional applications, simply open a web browser and start working with it. Still, we do not know how long it takes on Facebook, to enable all users to benefit from the new functionality.

The company hopes that this will facilitate our maximum, allowing you to do group chats with friends, colleagues and family on a platform that they all use. In parallel with this on Facebook develop new tools to hide some of the ads in our profiles. The idea here is not to see messages that can trigger bad memories. So each of us can choose specific topics that do not want to be displayed in his personal account on Facebook.

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Facebook Messenger now has a faster camera with lots of stickers and special effects

Every day users send more than 2.5 billion. Emotions, images, videos and stickers to your friends on Facebook Messenger. From the company decided to surprise them properly for the upcoming holiday season at the end of the year and presented new camera feature in FacebookMessenger. According to official data, it works faster and is much easier to use. Users will be able to use a lot of special effects with which to turn the footage into digital art.

The very key to activate the camera is located in the center of the display as soon as you open Facebook Messenger or start a conversation, inform gsmarena. So with just one touch you can start recording images and video while chatting. Another interesting innovation in the mobile application is called. “3D Masks“, which are filters that can add to your images in FullScreen mode. In addition to these, we can use the thousands of frames, pictures, masks and effects.

Facebook Messenger now has a new section that is accessible from the icon shaped like a palette. If you click on you will see a blank white canvas on which you can unleash your imagination to add images, filters, and stickers to create unique images. At present, the new version of the application is available for devices with iOS. It is expected that up to a few days can be used by all users, including smartphones with Android.

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Facebook will begin to show exclusive videos content in our accounts

Users share more video content in their profiles on the social network. Facebook continues to encourage us to do it more often and already provided us with an option to broadcast live into their accounts. The company seems to have no intention to be confined to hosting exclusive videos content and plans to start showing their own videos. For Facebook’s desire to start investing in original content informs us ReCode.

The idea is the company to become a serious competitor on YouTube. According to Facebook consider to license content in different categories from television to gaming competitions, and even sporting events. The social network plans to partner with companies like Vox Media, to broadcast exclusive live video, which will be available from the Video section in our profiles. It is not surprising that Facebook is interested in the idea.

From the company want to make the most of the time we spend in their accounts and the fact that over 1 billion. People actively use the social network to access information. The premiere of exclusive videos content could become the next big source of revenue for the company. We do not know exactly how it intends to begin to benefit from the original content as licenses, especially for sporting events are quite expensive. We shall see how it will develop competition between Facebook and YouTube in 2017.

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Facebook Events app will be available for Android a few days

Facebook Events app is a new application of the company, allowing it to detect interesting events such as concerts and exhibitions. Thanks to him, you can quickly choose how to spend your time today, weekend or organize an upcoming trip. The owners of iOS devices a few weeks can work with Facebook Events. The company promised mobile application is available for smartphones with Android. Recent data on TechCrunch, that this would happen to a few days.

The version of Facebook Events app will offer the same functionalities. Users will be able to discover the latest developments in their area, but also to see the things that their friends like and plan to visit. The additional function allows you to receive updates from pages that track so you are informed at any time of the event. Owners of Android smartphones will be able to find events based on interests, location, and timing.

Facebook Events allows you to search in other cities and countries, which is useful if you need to travel. After selecting events like these will be arranged in your calendar so you are visible to your friends. It should be noted that all information from the mobile app syncs with your social network. Thus you can share events even with someone who has not installed Facebook Events on your smartphone.

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Facebook will turn sections with comments in chat rooms

Probably each of us into a situation where scrolling between too many comments in a post on Facebook can be quite tedious. The company currently shows sections with comments in chat rooms and the most popular responses to their posts immediately in the topic. If you want to see other responses consumers have to open them yourself and view them in chronological order. It turns out that Facebook has tested a new system for browsing the sections with comments in chat rooms, forward AndroidHeadlines.

The upcoming feature will display the comments to posts as standard chat windows. The company has noticed that many users want to have an easier way to join various discussions on Facebook. Many of them are of the opinion that this should happen without you leaving News Feed feed news to them or to scroll between all comments on Facebook. The new function will open a chat window, regardless of whether a user Tag or mentioned in the discussion itself, so we can join the discussion.

Thus, the company hopes to not only help us but to save time while communicating with your friends on Facebook. The feature will be available from the menu to each post on Facebook and will be blocked and activated at any time. So far it can only be used by a limited number of people. Perhaps in the coming weeks, all users of the social network will have the opportunity to test the function of their devices.

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We can create their own frames of photos and videos on Facebook

Facebook already introduced a number of features in the social network that mimic the way the application works Snapchat. The last attempt of the company in this area is associated with the ability to create their own frames of your photos and videos on Facebook. These graphics can be integrated and to the videos you upload to social networking. This functionality is a response to Facebook’s popular in Snapchat, forward DigitalTrends.

WE CAN CREATE THEIR OWN FRAMES OF PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ON FACEBOOK

The new tool the company is now part of Camera Effects platform. Users can not only customize the way you look within but also add to their own designs and information about the location of which are made the frame. The files will be uploaded to the social network in PNG format. An additional panel will allow you to change the way you look within. Once you do have the opportunity to view them in landscape or portrait mode before you upload them to your account.

The company has provided a special option that will show you how popular within the photos you upload to Facebook. It should be noted that the new feature is primarily intended for people who organize major events for special occasions like birthdays or weddings. Business representatives can also take advantage of Camera Effects platform to promote their products and press conferences.

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Soon we will be able to choose what ads we see on the Internet

The ads are the main source of revenue for companies like Facebook and Google. That is why we see more such content while surfing the Web and choose what ads we see on the Internet. If you are not satisfied by a large number of ads you can install software like AdBlock Plus, to get rid of them. Rubicon Project is an interesting new project that brings this concept to an entirely different level. The company currently operates in over 1 million. Website and 20 thousand mobile applications for leading platforms, reported Mashable.

HOW LONG CAN WE CHOOSE WHAT ADS WE SEE ON THE INTERNET?

The creators of the Rubicon Project is already working on a new feature which provides consumers the freedom to choose what kind of ads they see on the Internet. The company has developed a plugin for the web browser, which is still in beta and says Project Awesome. This tool allows choosing the things of which you are interested and see only ads related while surfing your favorite websites. You can choose what content you can not see, the filters can be changed at any time. A curious fact is that Project Awesome works not only with ads on the platform of the company but also those on Facebook and Google.

In the future, we expect to launch a tool that can be used in mobile applications and browsers. Users will choose the content you want to see from short video clips or a special section in which they are introduced categories such as Books, Fine Arts, Movies, Music, Television, Photography, Paintings, and many others. You have the option to remove numbers those you do not like. For now, the plugin can be used by invitation only, but will soon be available to everyone.

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