The plan: figure out how it affects people; ID users behind fake accounts, fake news & porn posts; and maybe cook up its own social network.
Tag Archives: Facebook
Facebook battles tiny startup over privacy accusations
Is there no end to Facebook’s petty humiliations? It is now the turn of an obscure startup called Six4Three to cause the company trouble.
Facebook 2FA no longer needs a phone number: here’s how to set it up
One more excuse for not using 2FA bites the dust.
Facebook’s counterintuitive way to combat nonconsensual porn
“Upload your nudes to stop revenge porn” might sound crazy but it actually makes sense.
Facebook conspiracy theories after Android app tries to “get root”
Facebook’s Android app suddenly started making a bid for superuser access. Conspiracy theories popped up like fungi. (It’s now fixed.)
Facebook crushes 583 million fake accounts in 3 months
On a daily basis, it disables millions of fake accounts before they ever hatch.
Facebook can’t wiggle out of facial recognition lawsuit, judge says
There are too many factual disagreements for a quick judgment, the judge said, including over what a faceprint actually is.
Facebook app left 3 million users’ data exposed for four years
Highly sensitive user data collected from the app was left on a badly secured website for anybody to get at.
Could this be the end of password re-use?
It’s password security’s Achilles heel: too many people make life easy for cybercriminals by re-using the same ones over and over. But what if there were a way for websites to compare notes on whether a password (or similar password) has been set by a user elsewhere?
Facebook’s getting a clear history button
“This is an example of the kind of control we think you should have.”