Collaborate Disseminate
It won’t happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it’s handling kids’ privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates. Continue reading Facebook: ‘Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats
Most attacks are from botnets. The goals: spreading spam, stealing data, spreading propaganda, and social-engineering consumers for profit. Continue reading Report: 53% of social media logins are fraudulent
Multiple celebs fell for this one. Don’t believe them – it’s as much as a hoax as it’s always been.
Continue reading ‘Privacy policy change’ hoax infects Instagram; it confirms it’s crud
The new feature “disconnects,” but doesn’t delete, your browsing history. Facebook will still use it for analytics. Continue reading Facebook delivers ‘clear history’ tool that doesn’t ‘clear’ anything
There’s no privacy Armageddon coming “TOMORROW!” If there was, you couldn’t copy and paste your way out of it! Continue reading HOAX ALERT! Facebook ‘deadline’ on making your content public is fake
Even though Facebook protected employees, it failed to fix the vulnerability or to protect most users, a court filing charges. Continue reading Did Facebook know about “View As” bug before 2018 breach?
Facebook says it’s paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze. Continue reading Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats
The completely non-evil-genius goal: a wearable, noninvasive device that could translate thoughts into text, for the speech impaired or VR. Continue reading Facebook is working on mind-reading
The alliance wants tech companies to build backdoor access to users’ encrypted data, by force if necessary. Continue reading Five Eyes nations demand access to encrypted messaging
As politicians should know by now, secure messaging apps such as Telegram can quickly become a double-edged sword. Continue reading Hackers target Telegram accounts through voicemail backdoor