Facebook sues app developer Rankwave over data misuse
The suit says Rankwave used Facebook user data for targeted marketing and ignored its cease-and-desist letter. Continue reading Facebook sues app developer Rankwave over data misuse
Category Archives: Social networks
Break up Facebook, cofounder says: it’s an un-American monopoly
During the 2018 “annus horribilis”, users disgusted at privacy flops swore to dump Facebook. But where else is there to go? Continue reading Break up Facebook, cofounder says: it’s an un-American monopoly
Chrome browser pushes SameSite cookie security overhaul
Slowly but steadily, developers are being given the tools with which to tame the promiscuous and often insecure world of the browser cookie. Continue reading Chrome browser pushes SameSite cookie security overhaul
Facebook under investigation for harvesting 1.5m users’ contact lists
For years, Facebook asked some new users for email passwords, then grabbed their contacts without consent (or any way to stop the process). Continue reading Facebook under investigation for harvesting 1.5m users’ contact lists
Facebook user data used as bargaining chip, according to leaked docs
Leaked internal docs used to claim “privacy was an afterthought” at Facebook Continue reading Facebook user data used as bargaining chip, according to leaked docs
Watch out! Don’t fall for the Instagram ‘Nasty List’ phishing attack
Instagram users have been receiving odd messages from followers expressing shock that their accounts have somehow ended up on something called the “Nasty List.” Continue reading Watch out! Don’t fall for the Instagram ‘Nasty List’ phishing attack
Flickr tackling online image theft with new AI service
Photo sharing website Flickr is trying to combat copyright infringement with a service that spots copies of its users’ images online. Continue reading Flickr tackling online image theft with new AI service
US Senate to End Deceptive Practices and Dark Patterns on Online Platforms
A bipartisan Act proposed by US Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) would counter immoral data collection methods by large online platforms, forbidding “deceptive practices” and “dark patterns” that manipulate use… Continue reading US Senate to End Deceptive Practices and Dark Patterns on Online Platforms
Myspace songs come back from the dead
It’s fewer than 1% of the 50 million songs and videos Myspace lost, but hey, it’s better than nothing! Continue reading Myspace songs come back from the dead
Hoax! Nope, hackers aren’t posting invisible sexual videos on your wall
A Facebook hoax from 2011 is doing the rounds again. Don’t fall for it, do something useful instead. Continue reading Hoax! Nope, hackers aren’t posting invisible sexual videos on your wall