Facebook’s Massive Security System Scans Your Messages to Kill Spam

Facebook says it has 750,000,000 drug user . Somewhere in that mix of baby pictures and beer pong , a hell of a quite a little of scam and junk e-mail activity is spread . fortuitously for us , Zuckerberg retaliateswith the “ Facebook Immune System . ”

A combining of both sophisticated spam - attempt algorithmic program and a team of 30 human spam hunters , the Facebook Immune System has a somewhat monolithic task , NewScientist report . Literally every undivided suction stop on Facebook is scanned through the FIS — every moving-picture show , every gossip , every update , every booster request . Everything . There are 25 billion of these clink every single day . That ’s a lot for 30 masses to handle , even with computerized backup . But the results are pretty impressive , according to Facebook ’s interior number : only 4 % of the entire meshing ’s messages are spammy , and only 1 % of Facebook ’s user get pip with junk e-mail .

This means taking preemptive action . Whenever you send a message to someone , it ’s scanned for red flags : say , “ viagra , ” or “ free iPhone . ” A good defence , but a privacy question I was n’t mindful of . FIS will also raise an eyebrow at users who pick up massive issue of friendship disaffirmation — in all probability a friending spree robot .

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And yet , I still see insidious bullshit on Facebook pretty regularly . Friends who partake a CLICK TO SEE THIS GIANT SPIDER EATING A FACE links — ballyhoo artist stuff that solicit to be get through , and then hijacks an account . This is , of course , trace by the “ sorry hombre my account got hack brush off all the messages ! ! ! ” post . So FIS might not be perfect , but right for gullibility ca n’t be done with all the algorithm office in the man . [ NewScientist ]

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