"What!!! No!"
I exclaimed! "It can't be true!" Subhanallaah!
I immediately started wondering what was going on. Is it possible for someone
to worship 2 gods at the same time?
Ok, ok... You see it's all about an update on Facebook
I saw from someone I hold in high regards. Yes, it was a pornographic video
posted by "him", well; it was posted from his account, thus carrying
his full name. Already, disappointment comments were being posted by those who
had seen it before me. I was tempted to add mine to it, but decided against it.
So I wrote on his wall to find out if he was the one who posted such a
shameful, ludicrous update. Alas! He was not the one! In fact he sounded hurt
and embarrassed from his inbox reply to me. What really happened? His password
has been compromised.
Another time I saw a
serious illicit "photo of you" as the notification would alert one,
when a female e-friend of mine uploaded
a picture and tagged me. Upon arriving at the scene, some were hailing her for
being so bold, others were condemning her for being such a disgrace to her
religion of Islam. So I waited to see her response, which did not come after
some 30 minutes have gone by. My guess was she does not even know her
reputation was being dragged in the gutters. By the time she realized what was
going on, some friends have jumped to conclusion and commenced deleting her
from their friends list. Again, another very exciting female status updater,
got her FB account hacked and all sort of nonsense was being posted on her
behalf. Though she found out early enough, there was nothing she could do as
she watched helplessly while her closely guarded reputation was shattered
beyond repairs. All advises to rescue her tarnished image failed to stop the
damage. She had to go on a forced Fb leave from the devastation.
Then there was another
guy, he is on my friends list, but we hardly ever comment on each others
updates or posts. I got acquainted with him from seeing his posts on my News
Feed. Now, one time I was using my laptop and modem and out of nowhere, out
pops a too familiar greeting of "Hey! Been looking for you" from him
to initiate a chat between us. I was like "Wow! Is this guy serious? Are
we that friendly or maybe he's mistaken me for someone else?" I answered
back the greeting with a platonically "hi, u mistaken me for
someone". And "he" quickly replied with something like "How
u, watz up? Wanna have some fun?" I almost burst out laughing, but asked
back "Who's this pls?" "Never mind. I fink u cool" was his
response. Now that sounds like a female response to me or may be someone who's
gay but drunk or high or something like that.
So I checked the
chatter's names again, a Muslim name and all of a sudden it dawn on me what was
going on. Its a hacker's activity. Therefore I posted "This is not your
account. You are so so fake" :-) hehehehehe! Back came his reply "The
only thing that's fake about this chat is you. U r bloody wastin my time! F**k
u!" I stared at the screen for a moment, then decided to visit the guy's
wall and see his other updates. And believe me, others have visited as well and
were threatening to remove him from their list, some expressing their dismay.
The real guy was there percifying, apologizing, pleading and begging people for
the crisis on-going. I just posted my experience and left.
Finally, I saw another
respected friend of mine post a horoscope and zodiac update a few days back. I
said so, so-so is into Zodiacs or Horoscopes! I excused the person and moved
on. Again I saw another post of similar import from the same person and once
more overlooked it. Then again just yesterday I saw another update in line with
the 2 others. So I said something is amiss here. How can someone swear allegiance to Allaah
and His Rasool via his or her search for knowledge n appreciation of same the
way this person is and still be doing stars prediction thing. Two complete
opposites. So I decide to contact the person via inbox. And thank God, I did!
Ya Allaah!
The person had been
offered an app and to get it, a condition states that you have to agree to let
them have access into you FB account and they can even post an update on your
behalf. Upon accepting that term, your account could then be accessed by these
hackers and then all sort of thing can be done with your account carrying you
name!
What is one to do about
it? I really don't know! How can one undo that? All I can say is you have to
keep constant vigil and ALWAYS DELETE ANYTHING Posted on your behalf or on your
wall as long as it is not you, or it conflicts with your character, personal
principles or IMAN! If you are so affected, go through your wall or timeline
and sanitize it thoroughly by deleting all their posts promptly.
Also, NEVER EVER Permit
anyone to offer you something or an apps, who places a condition that they can
have access to your account or post anything on your behalf. You know, they
often offer to show you an interesting photo, video, application e.g. who or
how many or how often someone or people have visited your profile to check you
out. Once you click "AGREE" or "ACCEPT" and stuffs like
that, they do this sort of thing to your profile, hack your account and thereby
tarnish your image.
For friends, please do
give your friend the benefit of doubt. It just might happen to a friend, like
it did to mine. They posted a pornographic video of Rihanna or her look-alike
to some of his closest friends, I inclusive, using his FB account. It was most
embarrassing, to say the least.
Meanwhile, to y'all who
have had this kind of experience, just be cautious about following links the
offers free, exciting or sensational apps. Be yourself, remain alert and
vigilant, ok? You wouldn't wanna loose your dear e-friend... especially for no
fault of yours or theirs, would you?
(c)(r)2012
- Tijjani Muhammad Musa
A SWSComms Doc.
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