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Motherboard has obtained training material for Facebook moderators which shows the social media giant’s shifting policy on “unsolicited adult nude genitalia imagery sharing,” or dick pics. Continue reading Leaked Documents Show Facebook’s Struggles With Dick Pics
After being pushed from social networks, a large community of self-described “shooters” have continued to share photos and videos exposing women on closed-off, dedicated forums for years, including illegally swapping upskirt clips. Continue reading Inside the Private Forums Where Men Illegally Trade Upskirt Photos
This week Facebook terminated an employee who allegedly abused their work-given data access to stalk women. Several sources told Motherboard about the access employees and contractors for the social media giant have. Continue reading Sources: Facebook Has Fired Multiple Employees for Snooping on Users
mass_archive, a basic Python script, will push a webpage or URL to multiple archive services at once, hopefully making online journalism or research a bit more efficient. Continue reading Motherboard Made a Tool That Archives Websites on Demand
On Monday, a member of the information security community said they passed Facebook details concerning a security engineer allegedly using their work position to stalk women. Continue reading Facebook Is Investigating a Claim That an Employee Used His Position to Stalk Women
Moscow-based Gleg provides zero-day exploits for medical software, and those in the medical industry are concerned about disclosure. But the exploits themselves may not be all that important in real world attacks. Continue reading This Russian Company Sells Zero-Day Exploits for Hospital Software
The Interception of Communications Commissioner (IOCCO) is a recently closed UK watchdog. But now someone is using the body’s website to push premature ejaculation treatments in place of important IOCCO reports on surveillance. Continue reading UK Watchdog Now Pushing Premature Ejaculation Treatment Rather than Surveillance Reports
Last week an unknown party started to publish code snippets from iPhone unlocking tool GrayKey. To stop, the extortionists are demanding 2 bitcoin, but they may not have more code to offer. Continue reading Someone Is Trying to Extort iPhone Crackers GrayShift With Leaked Code
After US office closures, a ban from the Department of Homeland Security, and other pitfalls, Twitter confirms it banned Kaspersky from advertising on the social media network. Continue reading Twitter Blocked Kaspersky Ads, Pointing to US Government Ban
It’s well documented that UK companies export surveillance technology to democracies and authoritarian regimes. But the UK government is much closer to these companies than the public may realize. Continue reading UK Government Is Cozy with Companies Selling Spytech