Every time you accept a friend request you need to remember that you are not just opening your account to someone but opening gateways to other peoples accounts too. Your online security is your responsibility but you also owe it to those you know to protect theirs. In antifascist and other political circles you need to be 100% certain that the request you are accepting is genuine. Take the profile below…

If you recently added this profile you added a fash run account. Not only that but you added a fash profile that reports straight back to the harassment page Black and Red Fairies. For those of you unaware of their activities, their sole purpose is to acquire information about you and your friends and publish it on Twitter and Facebook. It is a classic fake account, using symbolism and terminology that you feel relates to your views but you must remember that it means nothing if you do not know the person. When we first came across this profile we recognised it as toxic and reported it. As often happens, Facebook found nothing wrong so we left it on the page to monitor as best we could.

Over the next few weeks more and more pictures and details of people in Coventry who are involved in anti-racism and socialist organising were posted on BARF. Then today after a “conversation” on the page with West Midlands Infidels’ Tommy Law, which included us saying we would be in Blackpool this weekend, Daniel suddenly got in touch with the page.

Now for someone who is not from Coventry, take a look at his likes and groups…

The UAF page he had liked was only a Facebook generated interest page and their is an interesting juxtaposition of Communist and Socialist ideologies in there for the politicos amongst you.

The point of all this is not so much about this profile but about the culture of carelessness that allows people like this into your groups and circle of friends. Our advise would be look through your friends list and see who you really know, who interacts, who have you met IRL. If a profile isn’t offering you anything, unfriend it and keep yourselves and your friends secure.

As for who Daniel Hughes really is, our best guess is she is Coventry’s very own embezzler of Neo-Nazi funds, Jade Griffiths. Jade contributes on BARF, has an interest in us being in Blackpool and is an admin on the Pie and Mash page which has an ongoing feud with the Hazardsec groups, all of which are represented in the profiles like list.

Does it matter if we are right? No.

Do you need to take your security more seriously? Probably.

Do you need to get rid off Daniel Hughes? Yes.