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Instagram hides ‘false’ content, unless it’s from a politician

December 19, 2019 0 Comments facebook, fact checking, fake news, Instagram, international fact-checking network, misinformation, political propaganda, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:50:00 +0000

Instagram’s expanding its fact-checking program but, like Facebook, says it won’t keep political speech away from “public debate and scrutiny.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zAu2kI-UzaU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Alleged bank vault robber posed with cash on Instagram, Facebook

December 18, 2019 0 Comments arlando henderson, bank robbery, facebook, Instagram, Law & order, Social networks, wells fargo

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:32:39 +0000

He allegedly stole over $88,000 from Wells Fargo’s vault, then posed with cash and “his” Mercedes-Benz in posts and an Instagram rap.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/p6aXmWhhdnc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Jack Dorsey wants a decentralised Twitter

December 13, 2019 0 Comments activitypub, bluesky, decentralised, Jack Dorsey, mastodon, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:28:55 +0000

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced a research effort to explore a decentralised version of the microblogging platform.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BVqq8LVgZWE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook refuses to break end-to-end encryption

December 12, 2019 0 Comments #nobackdoors, backdoors, congress, Cryptography, encrypted messaging, encryption back doors, facebook, Instagram, Law & order, messaging, no backdoors, Privacy, Social networks, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:26:50 +0000

Congress on Tuesday told Facebook it must put backdoors into its end-to-end encryption, or it’ll be forced to.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Lghno3KWNa0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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DoItForState domain name thief gets 14 years for pistol-whipping plot

December 11, 2019 0 Comments data loss, do it for state!, doitforstate.com, domain name, domain name transfer, ethan deyo, facebook, influencer, Instagram, iowa state university, Law & order, pistol whipping, polo, rossi lorathio adams ii, security threats, sherman hopkins, Social networks, state snaps, taser

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:18:02 +0000

He hired his cousin to break in, hold the rightful domain holder at gunpoint, and force a transfer to his own GoDaddy account.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_zSeajgNmp8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook users were duped by Cambridge Analytica, FTC rules

December 10, 2019 0 Comments 2016 US presidential election, Cambridge Analytica, cubeyou, data loss, eu-u.s. privacy shield, facebook, FTC, Global Science Research, gsr, gsrapp, Law & order, mypersonality, PII, Privacy, privacy shield, psychographic, psychometrics center, Social networks, targeted marketing, thisisyourdigitallife

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:55:38 +0000

Delete the data, and don’t do any of that again, the FTC told the data analytics company, which already filed for bankruptcy in 2018.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1_W3PpVtWZk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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TikTok settles class action over child privacy one day after it’s filed

December 10, 2019 0 Comments bytedance, child predators, children, children online, children's privacy, china, Coppa, laura lopez, Law & order, Mobile, musical.ly, PII, Privacy, sherri leshore, Social networks, TikTok

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:36:08 +0000

The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AJarV9pQvjA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook suing ILikeAd for hijacking users’ ad accounts

December 9, 2019 0 Comments advertising policies, bad ads, celeb bait, chen xiao cong, cloaking, counterfeit goods, deceptive ads, diet pills, facebook, hijacked accounts, huang tao, ilikead media international company ltd, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, policies, socelars, Social networks, terms, unauthorized ads

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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US parents file class action against TikTok over children’s privacy

December 6, 2019 0 Comments bytedance, child predators, children, children online, children's privacy, china, Coppa, laura lopez, Law & order, Mobile, musical.ly, PII, Privacy, sherri leshore, Social networks, TikTok

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:10:31 +0000

Collecting children’s data without their guardians’ consent is illegal under COPPA and already earned TikTok a huge fine.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BxgELatt-Vk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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

December 6, 2019 0 Comments age-appropriate, birthday, children, date of birth, facebook, Instagram, minors, nspcc, policies, policy, Privacy, Social networks, underage children

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=””/>