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U.S., UK, Australia to ask Facebook to delay message encryption

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The fight between law enforcement and tech companies over encryption is about to enter another round. The U.S. government, along with the support of Australia and the U.K., has written a letter asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to delay adding encryption to its messaging services until the company can ensure that the security feature won’t be a detriment to public safety. The letter, a copy of which has been seen by CyberScoop, is signed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel and Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton have also reportedly signed the letter. The letter, dated Oct. 4, states that if Facebook adds encryption by default to its messaging services, it will hinder law enforcement’s ability to find illegal activity that takes place on the services. BuzzFeed News was the first to report on the letter’s […]

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New ‘Off-Facebook Activity Tool’ lets users control data collected by websites

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Off-Facebook Activity lets users see a summary of the apps and websites that send Facebook information about their activity.
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Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine to Settle FTC Privacy Investigation

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After months of negotiations, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook over its privacy investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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Sam Lessin and Andrew Kortina on their voice assistant’s workplace pivot

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It’s time for Congress to act on Facebook’s privacy policies. Here’s how.

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It seemed as though, after years of privacy scandals, Facebook had finally gotten the message. After its founder hinted at a shift to a privacy-oriented model in a blog post earlier this year, the company elaborated at F8 this week by unveiling its new look, FB5, that includes features such as encryption, reduced permanence and secure data storage. This might sound promising — but it’s not yet time to let Facebook off the hook. If the recent announcement that Facebook stored hundreds of millions of users’ passwords in plaintext for years is any indication, Facebook’s external reorientation has a lot of work to do to make up for its ongoing internal privacy failures. Facebook already has a wealth of personal data on you, far beyond phone numbers, message content or photographs. New ID Experts research is showing that the platform’s users – as many as 68% of them – aren’t happy with that fact. Additionally, The Wall Street Journal revealed that the social media giant may […]

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