For those of you who like social networking, Facebook (originally intended for College kids) is a much milder, stripped down Social Networking as compared to Yahoo 360 and MySpace. Although there are 3rd party Applications you can add… it has a much cleaner / less cluttered look you can add.
A few days ago, a 3rd party application called "Pets" was released for Facebook. To me, it reminds me of a cross between Tamagotchi and with a hint of World of Warcraft in it. The idea is to start out with a level 0 pet - a bunny (or a colorbit). You can pet it, feed it or poke it from your Facebook profile (as can others) to gain XP and health. (Poke seems to give higher XP than Pet from what I have seen).
You can check mine out at Erica’s Facebook Profile
Inside the game, you "fight monsters" to gain XP, health and Gold. You can then use the Gold to buy items of armor and clothing to increase you hit points, damage and health. Pet me and Scavenging has been disabled from inside the game at this time. (Sorry! Scavenging (or petting) has been temporarily disabled due to high server load. We’re currently fixing this. Thanks for your patience!) The higher your XP, the tougher the monsters (Scorpian, Mantis, Spider, and an Ant) are to kill.
After you kill the monster, you loot the body for Gold and/or Equipment (weapons, armor, etc). You can sell the equipment for gold, carry it or equip it.
While playing it (mine has been alive for 10 hours - with a couple of hours of sleep being in the 10) I have noticed a few things.
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Phishing has been around for years. Even when AOL was back in 2.0 and 2.5, you saw people using phishing scams (sometimes seen as < to represent a fish or a phish). The idea of a phishing scam is nothing more than social engineering. It is the idea of conning, or trying to get someone to divulge sensitive personal information by getting the person to beleive you are someone other than who you are.
Finally, someone is trying to do something about it. CNet News reports
that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that will make it illegal for Phishers to try to scam or con for identity theft. For victims, they can file to recover $500,000 or the actual amount of damage - whichever is greater- for each violation.
This one will defiantly be interesting to watch. So many things will have to be taken into account so there are not innocent people being arrested and fined for this. Phishers can easily forge email address. If intereperated incorrectly, the headers of the email can be traced back incorrectly. (Viewing headers on an email is not normally done. This can be done differenty in different email clients. Headers are used into tracing back to the original person who sent it and where the email was sent from).
If the technology is there and the correct methods are used to trace back phishing scams to the people who do it, identity theft might be decreased. Only time will tell.
To see the full article, view it at the CNet News website
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