Collaborate Disseminate
This is actually very old news (i.e. just over a year old), but I don’t have as much involvement as I used to with hoaxwatching, so I hadn’t noticed that Hoaxbusters had announced its official retirement. The retirement was actually pointed… Continue reading Hoaxbusters bowed out – and here’s a phone scams page
Typing “Facebook security” into your block list won’t reveal their names Continue reading No, Facebook spies aren’t secretly “following me”, it’s a hoax
The BBC, as the British national broadcaster for so many decades, now finds itself also performing the function of keeper of a significant part of the collective national memory. Thus they have an unrivaled resource of quality film and audio recordings on hand for when they look back on the anniversary of a particular story, and the retrospectives they create from them can make for a particularly fascinating read.
This week has seen the fiftieth anniversary of a very unusual event, the day six flying saucers were found to have crash-landed in a straight line across the width of Southern …read more
Another hoax warning spreads quickly on Facebook. Will people ever learn?
Continue reading Jayden K Smith’s Facebook friendship request – not a hacker, it’s a hoax
Earlier today my wife received a message warning of a virus that supposedly “formats your mobile” by accepting a video called “Sonia disowns Rahul”.
It’s amazing what some people believe…
Continue reading Sonia disowns Rahul video virus? It’s a hoax
Hoaxy is a website that shows you exactly who is sharing what types of articles online, and how far they’ve spread on social media. Continue reading This Tool Maps the Spread of Fake News Online
Hoaxy is a website that shows you exactly who is sharing what types of articles online, and how far they’ve spread on social media. Continue reading This Tool Maps the Spread of Fake News Online
Nobody’s perfect. Sometimes you’re up late at night writing a blog post and you stumble upon an incredible story. You write it up, and it ends up being, well, incredible. IEEE Spectrum took the bait on this video (embedded below) where [Keran McKenzie] claims to have built a self-driving car for under $1,000 AUS with Arduinos.
The video is actually pretty funny, and we don’t think it’s intended to be a mass-media hoax as much as a YouTube joke. After letting the car “take over” for a few seconds, it swerves and [Keran] pretends to have hit something. (He’s …read more
Continue reading Newsflash: A Bunch of Arduinos is Not an Autonomous Car
You may have seen such odd posts on your Facebook friends feed lately. If you wonder what those are really about, read on.Categories: Cybercrime
Social engineeringTags: facebookfacebook hoaxfacebook privacy hoaxhoax(Read more…) Continue reading Facebook will make all posts public. Not!
You may have seen such odd posts on your Facebook friends feed lately. If you wonder what those are really about, read on.Categories: Cybercrime
Social engineeringTags: facebookfacebook hoaxfacebook privacy hoaxhoax(Read more…) Continue reading Facebook will make all posts public. Not!
