Consumer privacy and social media

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Social media platforms are making a lot of money with targeted advertising. To improve the targeting, they want us much of your data as you are willing to give up…

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Facebook suing ILikeAd for hijacking users’ ad accounts

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:46:38 +0000

Facebook says the company used celeb bait links to infect victims with malware and hijacked their ad accounts to sell diet pills.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/PXMa1EXeC34″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram trying to protect kids by getting dates of birth from new users

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:48:17 +0000

It’s about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn’t hurt, either.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Nf5pxYH4NiM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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