Be careful while downloading apps as some of them may steal
your data, say experts.
Recently, an app, Unfriend Alert - that alerts you when
someone "unfreinds" you on Facebook - has been found to be collecting
users' Facebook data, Betanews.com reported.
The app is free and notifies you whenever someone removes
you from the Facebook friend list. But it asks for your sign in and password.
"Looking at a Wireshark log for this check however
shows that the login credentials are not sent directly to Facebook but to
yougotunfriended.com," security firm MalwareBytes said.
The app also displays ads and can install malicious software
on the user's computer.
What's more worrisome is that it doesn't show up in the apps
list on Facebook. So you can easily forget that it is there and monitoring your
activities.
Expert recommend removing the app and changing your
password.
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There have been other apps in the market that alert the
users when a Facebook friend ditches them, but this new app seems to be designed
to steal passwords.
Source From:- http://www.business-standard.com/
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