Social Networks

How to view the full-size version of a LinkedIn profile picture

December 1, 2011 Online Reputation

You may not be aware that larger size versions of LinkedIn profile pictures are available – that’s only if the owner had originally uploaded a higher resolution version. LinkedIn automatically resizes the uploaded pictures to a uniform “thumbnail” size of 60 pixels x 60 pixels, but the original is also made available for anyone to [...]

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Google+ company page for Bank of America “Brandjacked”

November 15, 2011 Online Reputation

Someone has created a Google Plus Page for Bank of America, trashing the nation’s largest bank with a series of mocking photos, images and other posts, Full Story: Bank of America’s Google Plus Page Appears ‘Brandjacked’ The Google + page is still visible here. So, can just anyone setup a Google+ page for another business? [...]

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Facebook seduction – dozens of members of business network Ecademy duped into friending fake account

July 18, 2011 Online Reputation

An attractive young lady going by the name of Jenn Collins is in the process of friending hundreds of people on Facebook, many of them members of the UK based business network, Ecademy.  A few days ago she had 488 friends, today 553. Jenn says she lives in Miami Florida and speaks multiple languages. She [...]

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Cybercriminals sending fake LinkedIn contact requests

September 27, 2010 Cybercrime

Image via CrunchBase Cyber crooks out for LinkedIn members’ bank accounts “crooks have inundated LinkedIn with emails crafted to trick members of the career-oriented social networking service into downloading software that loots bank accounts.” Read the rest of story from the Associated Press. Comments by Nick Braak: The emails attempt to get you to login [...]

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