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<\/br><\/p>\n

Learn why you should never login with Facebook.–PC Pitstop<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

Never Login with Facebook<\/h4>\n

Bob Rankin<\/p>\n

Mari Sherkin has been happily married for over 25 years, so she was more than a little surprised to learn she had a dating profile on matchmaking service Zoosk.com that she never created. Find out how it happened, and how it could easily happpen to you…<\/p>\n

What is OAuth, and Why Should You Care?<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Mary, a popup ad on Facebook invited her to take a look at Zoosk. She says she didn\u2019t want to, so she clicked the X in one corner of the ad to close it. But suddenly she was whisked to Zoosk.com\u2019s home page; she wanted none of that, so she closed the browser window. Mere minutes later, she says, emails from Zoosk members began flooding her inbox, expressing interest in her Zoosk profile — which Mary says she never created.<\/p>\n

That profile included her name, Facebook profile picture, and postal code. Mary lives in a small town 2.5 hours from Toronto, and she is understandably concerned about the damage that could be done to her reputation by this apparent evidence of infidelity.<\/p>\n

How did Zoosk get the data it needed to create this bogus profile of Mary? Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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