Likejacking
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The malicious practice of tricking users of a social networking website into "liking" something they did not intend to like. Internet, neologism, uncountable
"On Facebook, the form this takes has been dubbed Likejacking, because the object of the scam is to get you to click a hidden Like button, sending out a News Feed story saying that you Liked a Page or a link that you haven't, in fact, Liked."
Example
More examples"On Facebook, the form this takes has been dubbed Likejacking, because the object of the scam is to get you to click a hidden Like button, sending out a News Feed story saying that you Liked a Page or a link that you haven't, in fact, Liked."
Etymology
Blend of like + hijacking; compare clickjacking.
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