Inside Facebook's Cyber-Security System 63
An anonymous reader writes "The Facebook Immunity System (FIS) processes and checks 25 billion actions every day, or 650,000 actions every second. The social networking giant's cybersecurity system was developed over a three-year period to keep the service's users safe from spam and cyberattacks. FIS scans every click on Facebook for patterns that could suggest something malicious is spreading across the social network."
Re:And it doesn't work. (Score:5, Insightful)
Numerous pages I've liked incessantly spew spam at me, my mother keeps getting messages from "facebook security" or some variation thereof, asking her to confirm her password.
I'm not aware of any security system that can prevent external sites from spamming their users. Of course it doesn't help if a company plays fast and loose with your privacy allowing attackers to discover the user base and target them. But as much as I hate Facebook lately, i can't see how you can expect their security system to prevent others from sending your mother email. There are many much more legitimate concerns with Facebook to address, so let's not get into irrationalities and hysterics about things we can't expect them to fix.