Facebook Scammers Exploiting the Video Call Features to Send Virus

It's barely a week Facebook launched its Video calling features and scammers are already exploiting the avenue to send scam and viruses to Facebook Users.

According to Sophos' Naked Security blog, "This particular scam doesn't use the actual Facebook video service as Paul has predicted they will do, but it certainly is trying to ride the media coattails and attention Facebook's announcement generated this week.

What is clever about this one is that if it were true that Facebook Video Chat was an application, you might be more easily convinced to approve the application to have more liberal permissions.”

However, there are a few more noticeable problems with the permissions request if one actually takes the time to read. After all, why would an app that comes directly from Facebook ask to access your data at any time? Facebook can already do that. It could also be argued that a video calling app shouldn’t need to post to your wall and news feed, but Google Hangouts actually does something similar on Google+.

Apparently there will still be more scam targeting dudes, who will be taking advantage of the new Facebook features.

So next time you see a wall post on Facebook that says “Enable Video Calls,” don’t click on it. If you want to set up the valid and official version of Video Chat with Skype, check out Facebook’s authentic instructions. Never download any executables or other applications claiming to enable this service.

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Categories: Facebook, Facebook Video Call, Tech News, Virus Attack

How to Use the Facebook Video Calling Features

Facebook recently teamed with Skype to launched the video calling features inside facebook platform. As Google + is posing threat to the social giant, Facebook is finding new strategies and techniques to hold its ground.

Google + began beta-testing its own video chat feature, Google+ Hangouts, last week.

The only challenge Facebook have for now is, Facebook-Skype calls one person at a time while Google Hangouts has the capacity of calling 10 people at a time.

Although looking at the social graph of both giants, Facebook currently has 750 million active users which is by far the highest since Myspace packed up. Apprently Facebook dominates the social graph and Google + has not even launched theirs to the public yet.

Facebook also admits that the feature is user-friendly and even the less tech-savvy on Facebook should be able to master it's features.

Click here to see how to use

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Categories: Facebook, Facebook Video Call, How-tos

Facebook Unveils Video Calling Powered by Skype

Facebook has unveiled a group chat tool, a new design for its overall chat interface, and, yes, a video calling service based on Skype.

"Video calling is the first example of what we think of as a great social app," Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said during a press event at the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters. "The integration that we've done could not have been done without the great social infrastructure we've rolled out over the last five years," he said.

The group chat tool is based on Facebook's existing Groups setup, which is now used by about 50 per cent of all Facebookers, according to Zuckerberg. The new design includes a browser sidebar that provides quick access to those you chat with most, and it offers a "call" button that launches the video service.

The video service requires a plug-in, but you can place a call to your Facebook friends that will then send them a notice pointing them to the plug-in. The service does not offer group video calling, but Zuckerberg indicated that this will eventually be rolled into the service.

The service cannot be used to call existing off-Facebook Skype clients – or vice versa. But Skype product manager Mike Barnes said that the two companies will eventually provide such off-Facebook calling.

Zuckerberg unveils video calling on Facebook

Facebook has already started to roll the new tools across its site, and "millions" of users. Bates says that the video service will reach about one per cent of users on Wednesday. According to Skype CEO Tony Bates, the two companies have been working on the video service for the past six months.

In late June, Zuckerberg told a Seattle audience that Facebook would unveil something "awesome" today, and last week, Techcrunch reported that this would involve integrating the social network with the Skype VoIP service, which is now owned by Microsoft. Redmond is a Facebook investor and longtime Facebook partner. Microsoft's Bing underpins search on Facebook, and Facebook may be used to personalized your results on Bing. Microsoft announced in May it's buying Skype for $8.5bn.

Update: This story has been updated with additional information from Facebook's press event.

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Categories: Facebook, Facebook Video Call, Skype, Social Media, Tech News