Upload a video selfie to get your Facebook or Instagram account back
Meta wants to introduce the option to upload a video selfie if you need to recover a lost Facebook or Instagram account.
Read moreFacebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, Meta fined
The Data Protection Commission has fined Meta $101M because 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext.
Read moreDon’t share the viral Instagram Meta AI “legal” post
Instagram users are sharing a hoax in enormous numbers in an attempt at preventing Meta from harvesting their posts and photos to train its AI.
Read moreMeta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram
Meta has taken down a whopping number of Instagram accounts directly involved in sextortion and more accounts aimed at training scammers
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 moreMeta and TikTok consider charging users for ad-free experience
Categories: News Categories: Personal Categories: Privacy Tags: Meta Tags: facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: X Tags: Youtube Tags: TikTok Social media companies are offering or thinking about paid subscriptions in exchange for removing ads. |
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Read moreMeta is using your public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its AI
Categories: News Categories: Personal Categories: Privacy Tags: Meta Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: X Tags: xAI Tags: copyright Tags: tweets Social media companies are showing their hand about scraping user data to feed into their AI and large language models. |
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Read moreInstagram scam promises money in exchange for your image
Categories: News Tags: fake Tags: muse Tags: art Tags: artist Tags: instagram Tags: check Tags: payment Tags: fraud Tags: wire Tags: bank Tags: banking Tags: drawing Tags: painting We take a look at a fake check scam which plugs into the art world. |
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Read moreSued by Meta, Freenom Halts Domain Registrations
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 23:19:26 +0000
The domain name registrar Freenom, whose free domain names have long been a draw for spammers and phishers, has stopped allowing new domain name registrations. The move comes just days after the Dutch registrar was sued by Meta, which alleges the company ignores abuse complaints about phishing websites while monetizing traffic to those abusive domains.
Read moreA week in security (January 16—22)
Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Rust Tags: Chromium Tags: Mailchimp Tags: SweepWizard Tags: bossware Tags: TikTok Tags: surveillance firm Tags: Voyager Labs Tags: TracketPacer Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: Vice Society Tags: Liquor Control Board of Ontario Tags: Zoho ManageEngine Tags: GitHub Tags: LastPass Tags: Git flaw Tags: ransomware Tags: credit card fraud The most interesting security related news from the week of January 16-22. |
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