Marketing ads, soon to be screening on your car dashboard
Get ready for car-delivered ads tailored to your whereabouts and your typical routes. Continue reading Marketing ads, soon to be screening on your car dashboard
Author Archives: Lisa Vaas
Smart-toymaker VTech fined over charges of violating child privacy law
The FTC said VTech transmitted and stored information without intrusion prevention, detection or encryption, in spite of policy claims. Continue reading Smart-toymaker VTech fined over charges of violating child privacy law
Beautiful webchat honeys turn out to be fembots
Here we sit, broken hearted, paid our yuan and the video never started. Continue reading Beautiful webchat honeys turn out to be fembots
Spyware user tracked boyfriend to have him killed by hitman
The plan was going well, until the ‘hitman’ turned out to be working for the FBI. Continue reading Spyware user tracked boyfriend to have him killed by hitman
Facebook bug could have exposed your phone number to marketers
Self-service ad-targeting tools could have squeezed users’ phone numbers from their email addresses… verrrrry sloooowly. Continue reading Facebook bug could have exposed your phone number to marketers
Facebook needs fixing, says Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg has set himself a doozy of a personal challenge for 2018 Continue reading Facebook needs fixing, says Mark Zuckerberg
Ex-NSA hacker builds AI tool to hunt hate groups’ symbols online
She’s teaching NEMESIS to find white nationalists’ so-called dog whistles – the Black Sun and Pepe the frog memes – with object recognition. Continue reading Ex-NSA hacker builds AI tool to hunt hate groups’ symbols online
JPMorgan doesn’t trust YouTube to keep its ads out of sketchy channels
Following ads appearing next to hate-filled/extremist content, the bank says it’s not relying on Google to protect its brand. Continue reading JPMorgan doesn’t trust YouTube to keep its ads out of sketchy channels
Children at ‘significant’ social media risk
Children aren’t getting enough guidance to cope with the emotional demands that social media puts on them, according to new report. Continue reading Children at ‘significant’ social media risk
Social media namer and shamer charged
Sometimes, if not most times, silence on social media is golden. Continue reading Social media namer and shamer charged