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gillywibble · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:12

This morning my wife approached me and asked why I had 'liked' a video of some bikini clad women on Failbook.

I hadn't liked the video, nor had I even watched it but sure enough it showed up as having been 'liked' by me in my Timeline Activity Log.

Two minutes later, it showed that my wife had liked it as well

According to this BBC News article:-

BBC News said:
Facebook "likes" are being added to webpages even if a user has not clicked a like button, or even visited the page in question, the company has admitted.

However the article goes on further to state:-

BBC News said:
A US security researcher found that simply sending a web address to a friend using Facebook's private messaging function would add two likes to that page.

Well the video in question showed up on a friend's news feed, not a private message, so I question whether they had known about it as well.

Pretty annoying that this could happen without my consent.

Oh and in before 'lol Facebook', but at least it isn't Twitter.

TheMightyTen · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:14

Worst I watch scantily clad Bikini Girls thread ever.

Vita · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:15

lolfacebook. The cause to all first world problems.

[FnG]magnolia · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:16

Was it of Bar? This is important.

Jono8 · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:21

This happened to someone on my Facebook recently

tidusjar · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:23

Jono8 said:
This happened to someone on my Facebook recently

Link to the video please :rolleyes:

doofer · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:23

Vita said:
lolfacebook.

Hi Maccy!!

platypus · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:28

gillywibble said:
This morning my wife approached me and asked why I had 'liked' a video of some bikini clad women on Failbook.

I hadn't liked the video, nor had I even watched it but sure enough it showed up as having been 'liked' by me in my Timeline Activity Log.

This needs a picture of a cat saying "YEAH, SURE" like never before.

yer_averagejoe · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:37

I knew it!

Apparently I've liked some retailers and the latest batman film. These "likes" don't show up anywhere in my timeline and I know I never liked these things.

Facebook is getting very spammy with "suggested posts" and auto-liking things based on your demographic.

I know theres no such thing as a free lunch but to be so sly about this stuff is rubbish

LiGhTfasT · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:43

The amount of spam thats on facebook is too damn high.

Spuj · 14 Dec 2012 at 11:58

There is a something on facebook atm called Self shoot naughties or something like that. Seen a few people on my feed 'liking' the page but they aren't the kind of people to 'like' things like that. This explains it.

estebanrey · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:00

A female friend of mine 'liked' a link to the Miley Cyrus sextape which I thought was a bid odd for a woman to be doing.

matt_fsr · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:04

Jono8 said:
This happened to someone on my Facebook recently

Yeah I've seen that one someone's FB as well. Some woman who clearly wouldn't be watching booty-shaking videos... just the tagline made it obvious it was spam.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:19

So you were fapping off to a video and hit like by accident.

Then your mrs saw, watched said video, got unusually aroused, then had a go at you for it.

Seems about right.

Zero Pope · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:23

Do you block the Facebook stuff? I have rules setup in AdBlock Plus to stop it from registering where I go and putting like buttons everywhere. Linky

Ev0 · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:25

Give this a read as I believe it relates to the same/a similar thing, and breaks down what's actually happening

http://www.troyhunt.com/2012/10/she-did-what-in-school-mechanics-of.html

Basically no one actually means to like the video, but it happens when you click the link to watch the clip (which doesn't actually exist).

BrightonBelle · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:46

I was using FF's computer the other day and he was logged into Failbook, I noticed that apparently I had 'liked' Carphone Warehouse earlier that day :/

Which reminds me, for that I shall unlike them

BB x

rsatd · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:53

The mechanics of the worm
First things first; if you’re going to delve into this yourself, do it in your browser’s private browsing mode, incognito or what’s popularly called “porn mode”

xD

dpbadger · 14 Dec 2012 at 13:14

Oh dear lord. Think of the children.

jas72 · 14 Dec 2012 at 13:15

Zero Pope said:
Do you block the Facebook stuff? I have rules setup in AdBlock Plus to stop it from registering where I go and putting like buttons everywhere. Linky

thanks for this now how to "train" the wife to use firefox :rolleyes:

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