As shown above, the iPhone app from Weather.com permits misleading advertising designed to look like Facebook. When you click the globe icon it takes you to a landing page that mimics the Facebook font and color-scheme, to establish trust with the user who completes a survey. This is equivalent to false advertising and phishing.
Weather.com iPhone App Allows Advertising with Fake Facebook Interface for Phishing Scheme
by Greg Johnson | Sep 21, 2012 | Activism, Technology | 0 comments