FAQ

  • Facebook

Can Facebook apps “hack” your account?

One question we are often asked is can Facebook apps can "hack" your Facebook account? So here we explain what…

7 years ago
  • Facebook

Does Facebook sell your data to advertisers? Fact Check

In a 5 hour open session with US Congress this week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was answering questions about security,…

7 years ago
  • Facebook

Why do some Facebook posts no longer have the Share option? FAQS

Facebook users have noticed that the Share option doesn’t appear on many of the posts made by their friends. We…

7 years ago
  • Facebook

How Facebook decides what appears in your newsfeed

As a result of quite a lot of confusion over the Facebook newsfeed and how Facebook chooses what posts and…

7 years ago
  • FAQ

There’s no such thing as a “Trojan Worm Virus”; Your malware cheat sheet

We explain the various different types of malware and how they work. When we see breathless posts warning about malware…

7 years ago
  • Facebook

The Facebook “follow” feature explained simply

We discuss the Facebook "follow" feature, what it is, how it works and dispel some myths at the same time.…

7 years ago
  • Facebook

Why are there so many video memes of still images on Facebook?

In 2017, the latest trend you may have noticed happening on your Facebook newsfeed is video memes. Only they're not…

7 years ago
  • Stay Safe Online

What is social engineering?

In the context of online security, one term that keeps cropping up is social engineering. But what does it mean?…

8 years ago
  • Facebook

Can I see who unfriended me on Facebook?

Along with 'can I see who stalks me on Facebook' (no, you can't) and 'can I stop my friends tagging…

8 years ago
  • 419 Nigerian Fraud

Why are “Nigerian Prince” scams so obviously… scams?

Cyber-criminals are forever striving to make their online schemes as cutting-edge and innovative as possible, by utilising new technologies and…

8 years ago