Det är rätt så lustigt att se hur snabbt falska meddelanden sprids via facebook. Meddelanden om att tex en viss grupp startats av pedofiler eller att om du går med i en grupp så får du tillgång till funktioner som inte finns annars och att du inte skall lägga till en viss person på din friendslist för då kommer din dator bli hackad etc..

Vart har vår "granskande" sida av personligheten tagit vägen ? Tar vi allt som skrivs som sanning ? Kan vi inte längre vara kritiska mot saker som vi läser och ifrågasätta saker ?

Har det gått så långt att vi har blivit en grå otänkande massa ?

Uttdrag om oika spam/kedjebrev som sprider sig som virus på bla facebook. (En del på engelska och en del på svenska)

ATTENTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do not join the group that runs currently on facebook with the title "becoming a father or mother was the greatest gift of my life" This is a group created by pedophiles whose aim is to access your photos!!!!!!!...!!!!! Please rotate ...this post to all Your Friends
 
[Collected via e-mail, December 2009]

ATTENTION:::::::DO NOT ACCEPT FRIEND REQUEST FROM CHRISTOPHER DAVIES AND JESSICA DAVIES, THEY ARE HACKERS. TELL EVERY 1 ON YOUR LIST, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS THEM, THEY WILL BE ON YOUR LIST TOO. HE'LL FIGURE OUT YOUR COMPUTER'S ID AND ADDRESS, SO COPY & PASTE THIS MESSAGE...... EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE.. PLEASE
 
[Collected via e-mail, April 2009]

***ATTENTION!!!*** Do not accept a friend request from a CHRISTOPHER BUTTERFIELD he is a hacker. Tell everyone on your list because if somebody on your list adds him u get him on your list too and he'll figure out your computer's ID and address, so copy and paste this message to everyone even if u don't care for them cause if he hacks their email he hacks your mail too! FORWARD ONTO all!!!
 
[Collected via e-mail, March 2008]

IF A PERSON CALLED SIMON ASHTON (SIMON25@HOTMAIL.CO.UK) CONTACTS YOU THROUGH EMAIL DON'T OPEN THE MESSAGE. DELETE IT BECAUSE HE IS A HACKER!!

TELL EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ON YOUR LIST ADDS HIM THEN YOU WILL GET HIM ON YOUR LIST. HE WILL FIGURE OUT YOUR ID COMPUTER ADDRESS, SO COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE EVEN IF YOU DONT CARE FOR THEM AND FAST BECAUSE IF HE HACKS THEIR EMAIL HE HACKS YOUR MAIL TOO!!!!!...
 

Viktigt! Gå till Inställningar - Sekretessinställningar. Klicka på Lista över blockerade kontakter, skriv in i fönstret för person: automation labs. En lista med personer kommer fram - blockera dem en efter en tills alla är blockerade. Dom här personerna har tillgång till din facebook/ din använd......are och spionerar... på dig! Skicka vidare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Origins:   The examples cited above are but more variants of a long-running hoax, one which warns readers not to allow contact from a particular person or group because dire consequences will result. The basic form of these hoax warnings is typically drawn from the following template:
Do not {read/open/respond to/join} an {e-mail | instant message | invitation | Facebook group} sent by {real name | e-mail address | IM screen name}! If you do, {you | your computer | everyone on your contact list | your children} will be in danger of falling victim to a {serial killer | computer virus | hacker | predator}.
Variants of these messages are circulated endlessly, with different names swapped in and out as various pranksters decide to play jokes on people they know by inserting their acquaintances' names and addresses into the warning in place of the existing information.

(Of course, it's not outside the realm of possibility that an e-mail message might carry a virus payload which could infect your computer and allow it be controlled by a botnet, but virus warnings that correspond to the pattern detailed above can be safely dismissed as japes.)