Does Facebook deserve to own the Web? Maybe not

Facebook announced several new features this week at its F8 conference showing grand ambitions to become the authoritative source for people’s identities online. However, a recent report from research security experts at VeriSign iDefense, found some 1.5 million Facebook accounts hacked and for sale online. Which raises the obvious question: Do we really want to give Facebook this much power and authority?
According to eWeek, the VeriSign report states that a hacker, known as “kirllos” and somewhere out of Eastern Europe, had posted the sale of 1.5 million Facebook accounts to an electronic fraud forum. The going price? 25$ for 1,000 accounts. For those that had more than 10 friends, $45 per 1,000.
Facebook did recently update its security center to make it more user-friendly and provide active tips to keeping user account’s safe. But with the new plans that let web pages connect and share users’ information, the company may have to revisit its security and privacy policies all together.

source: http://asurl.net/k1m