Collaborate Disseminate
Facebook has done this before: it did it with WhatsApp, following an outbreak of lynchings sparked by viral social media hoaxes. Continue reading Facebook Messenger may ban mass-forwarding of messages
A vaccine for $4.95!? Nah, we didn’t think so, either. Shuttering the alleged rip-off site is the DOJ’s 1st takedown of COVID-19 flimflam. Continue reading Feds shut down bogus COVID-19 vaccine site
The dead drops were very James Bond: once, the data mule taped the SD card to the underside of a desk in a hotel. Continue reading Tour guide/Chinese spy gets four years for SD card dead drops
A comment from one buyer of data purportedly from Brooks International: “It even has credit card number & a password. lol !!” Continue reading Stolen data of company that refused REvil ransom payment now on sale
Trolls have been joining videoconferencing calls to expose meeting participants to disturbing videos. Continue reading Trolls ZoomBomb work-from-home videocall with filth
The government says the wristband isn’t privacy-invading because it won’t track your location, per se; just if you wander from COVID-19 quarantine. Continue reading Location-tracking wristbands required on all incoming travelers to Hong Kong
The EFF got in touch with the institutions that have the dataset. Some deleted it, while one refused and others didn’t bother to respond. Continue reading NIST shared dataset of tattoos that’s been used to identify prisoners
Facebook is denying that a recent content moderation glitch has anything to do with workforce issues, but blames automatic systems. Continue reading Facebook accidentally blocks genuine COVID-19 news
Real-time, in-trip geolocation data isn’t good for traffic/bike lane planning, a draft of the suit says. What it’s good for is surveillance. Continue reading Uber to file federal suit against Los Angeles over users’ real-time location data
Posts about money or family trouble are being used to gain trust by those who force victims into sex work or slavery, the FBI warns. Continue reading Human traffickers use social media oversharing to gain victims’ trust