Facebook easily infiltrated, mined for personal info

Monday, November 7, 2011 - 12:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Robots can easily pass as real users on Facebook, allowing them to befriend real humans and mine personal information such as birthdates, addresses and phone numbers, Canadian researchers have found.

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