New Facebook photo rule hoax spreads
A hoax telling people to copy and paste a copyright notice on Facebook has been making the rounds since 2012. Can we make it go away? Please!
Read moreGoing viral shouldn’t lead to bomb threats, with Leigh Honeywell: Lock and Code S05E06
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Leigh Honeywell about the cybersecurity defenses to online harassment.
Read moreEight European consumer watchdogs file complaints over Meta’s data processing
Eight European consumer organizations have filed complaints against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with its so-called “pay-or-consent” policy and opaque internal policies.
The organizations are all members of BEUC, the European Consumer Organization. Their complaints, publicized Thursday, argue that the large-scale consumer data collection practiced by Meta violates the GDPR, and that the company has abused its dominant market position to essentially coerce customers into accepting its terms. Each of the eight groups filed their complaints with their national data protection authorities, as there is no pan-European office to accept such complaints.
Facebook bug could have allowed attacker to take over accounts
A vulnerability, now fixed, in Facebook could have allowed an attacker to take over a Facebook account without the victim needing to click on anything at all.
Read moreFacebook Marketplace users’ stolen data offered for sale
Personal data belonging to 200,000 Facebook Marketplace users has been published online, including email addresses and phone numbers.
Read moreFacebook fatal accident scam still rages on
We look at a scam campaign on Facebook that continues to do the rounds, and how you can recover your compromised account.
Read moreWhat a future without browser cookies looks like
Most online users have experienced it. You do an online search for healthcare purposes, travel information, or something to buy and soon you’re being bombarded with emails and targeted online ads for everything related to your search. That’s because browser cookies were tracking you as you performed your searches; they identified you and your activity.
Over the past few years, the online advertising industry has been undergoing a sea change as regulators restricted how cookies can be used and browser providers moved away from their use in response to consumer outcries over privacy.
“They often feel surveilled; some even find it ‘creepy’ that a website can show them ads related to their behavior elsewhere,” according to a recent study by the HEC Paris Business School.
Google failing to scrub abortion access in location history, study claims
A nonprofit study claims that Google is failing to delete location history that reveals users’ physical trips to abortion clinics.
Read more“I’ll miss him so much” Facebook scam uses BBC branding to lure victims
We found a Facebook scam that aims to redirect victims to sites promoting PUPs, adware, or other fraudulent sites.
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