Fake Cash Scams Thrive on Facebook and Insta—FTC

Fake Cash Scams Thrive on Facebook and Insta—FTC

Cryptocurrency scammers love social media—especially Meta’s platforms. Hundreds of millions of dollars were scammed from U.S. consumers in 2021 ...
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Many Techies Don’t Understand Privacy …

… and many lawyers/politicians don’t understand computer technology. That may well be an exaggeration. But a recent Kara Swisher interview of Walt Mossberg with the title “Is Mark Zuckerberg a Man Without ...
Zuckerberg Accused Personally in Cambridge Analytica Next Shoe

Zuckerberg Accused Personally in Cambridge Analytica Next Shoe

Mark Zuckerberg has been added as a defendant to D.C.’s Cambridge Analytica privacy complaint—this time, it’s personal ...
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Stalkers: ‘Ugly Truth’ of Facebook Staff Abusing Private Data

Stalkers: ‘Ugly Truth’ of Facebook Staff Abusing Private Data

A new book exposes yet another Facebook failure for the social media firm to say sorry about. But nothing’s going to change ...
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Facebook declares war on ‘deepfakes’

Facebook declares war on ‘deepfakes’

Beleaguered social media platform Facebook is stepping up its game against media manipulation. Recognizing that deepfake content poses a real threat to society, Zuck’s social network swears to ban all such content ...

Cyberspace’s Weapons of Mass Deconstruction

The cyberworld is replete with exhibitionists and voyeurs, facilitated by social-network (or should I say social-engineering) technologies such as those provided by Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, and others. Even seemingly staid news ...
The Smiths - Panic (Official Music Video)

RSA 2018 – Panic

While I wandered through RSA today, a song came to mind. You might recognize it, especially if you wore a lot of black clothes in the 1980s. Its Panic. RSA 2018 is ...
A Nonverbal Analysis of Mark Zuckerberg’s Congress Testimony

A Nonverbal Analysis of Mark Zuckerberg’s Congress Testimony

Most of us are familiar with the fact that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is testifying in front of Congress this week regarding Facebook’s mishandling of user data. This hearing is being ...
Amid Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook launches Data Abuse Bounty program

Amid Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook launches Data Abuse Bounty program

In light of the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, Facebook this week launched a bounty program to reward people who report misuse of data by developers and services integrated with the social network. The ...
Privacy Policies: The Realm Of The Legible Word Salad by Chris Boyd

What Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problem means for your data

Facebook is in the spotlight, as the recent Cambridge Analytica story involving millions of users' data continues to melt news servers around the world. We strip away the complications and tell you ...