What upset the Data Protection Commissioner: none of the 18 million email addresses were those of LinkedIn users.
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Parents slam “weirdo” fraudsters for using child’s Facebook pic for cash
Did you help spread the viral scowling Pop-Tart™-deprived kid photo last week? Can’t be helped, mom said, but using it to raise cash was “lame.”
That Black Mirror episode with the social ratings? It’s happening IRL
Not picking up after your dog will cost you 10 points, for example, in China’s Black Mirror-esque plan to socially score citizens.
Official Google Twitter account hacked in Bitcoin scam
The epidemic of Twitter-based Bitcoin scams took another twist this week as attackers tweeted scams directly from two verified high-profile accounts.
Terrorists told to hijack social media accounts to spread propaganda
Facebook has removed 14 million pieces of content dubbed likely to come from terrorists, as determined by new machine learning technology
Sent a photo to the wrong person? Facebook Messenger to let you unsend it
Think fast! You’ll only have up to 10 minutes to hit unsend: a lot stingier than the hour afforded by WhatsApp.
Facebook wants to reveal your name to the weirdo standing next to you
Facebook’s had a patent approved for a new way to sniff out potential friends, based on your phone and patterns of movement.
Private Facebook data from 81,000 accounts discovered on crime forum
Stolen data from the 81,000 accounts that appeared to be genuine included intimate exchanges between Facebook users.
Facebook is still approving fake political ads
Just a couple of weeks before the US midterm elections, journalists have revealed that Facebook is continuing to approve fake advertisements from fake sources.
How one man could have taken over any business on Facebook
The recently patched flaw would have enabled anyone to make themselves an administrator for any Facebook business account.