Fact-check: “BFF” security check in Facebook
Credit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:00:18 +0000
Rumor has it that typing “BFF” as a Facebook comment checks your profile security. We investigate the claim.
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Facebook's data debacle is a wake-up call for Android users
Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:06:00 -0700
Whew. This whole Facebook data mess sure is spiraling into quite the fiasco, isn’t it?
Seems every day lately, there’s some new shocking twist to how everyone’s personal data was used (and abused) without their knowledge. While much of the issue revolves around Facebook itself and practices that are out of our control, there’s an angle that ties in directly to Android — and it’s one that’s important to think through, whether you use Facebook or not.
Maybe you shouldn’t use LinkedIn
Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000
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| In light of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problem, we examined another important social networking platform’s protection of users’ data. The results for LinkedIn users? Not pretty. Categories: Tags: LinkedInphishingprivacyscamssecuritySocial Engineeringsocial media |
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Read MoreWhat Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problem means for your data
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:00:00 +0000
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| 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 exactly what happened, and why you may want to reconsider your use of social media platforms in 2018. Categories: Tags: Aleksandr Kogancambridge analyticadatadonald trumpfacebookMark Zuckerbergquizsocial mediatrump |
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Read MoreWhy it’s too late to #DeleteFacebook
Credit to Author: Sergey Lurye| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:16:00 +0000
Those 50 million Facebook profiles were already harvested
Read MoreWhy Cambridge Analytica means it’s time for an Apple social network
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 07:37:00 -0700
The emerging Cambridge Analytica/Facebook affair, in which people’s personal data was allegedly used for purposes it should not have been used for, shows the danger of surveillance capitalism and the need for a new approach to social networking — and that’s what Apple can provide.
Understand history, but don’t repeat it
History shows us that Apple has never succeeded in creating a social network. Ping, launched in 2010, was closed down in 2012 due to lack of interest.
“Who visits your Twitter profile” spam app brings week of chaos
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:17:06 +0000
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| Last week saw a Twitter spam app claiming to show who “viewed your profile” and spreading throughout the social media platform. See how it spread, and what you can do to avoid being caught by this common scam. Categories: Tags: applicationsappsscamsocial mediaspamspreadtwitter |
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Read MoreTransatlantic Cable podcast, episode 17
Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:17:27 +0000
In this week’s Kaspersky Lab’s Transatlantic Cable podcast, we take a stab at New Year’s resolutions, with an IT security twist.
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