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Tag Archives: Social networks
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.
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?
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.
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).
Facebook user data used as bargaining chip, according to leaked docs
Leaked internal docs used to claim “privacy was an afterthought” at Facebook
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.”
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.
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!
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.