Crowdsourcing – Computer Security Articles

Google Maps: online interventions with offline ramifications

February 7, 2020 admin art vs tech, businesses, cars, Crowdsourcing, google, Google Maps, GPS, gps location, location, map maker, maps, privacy, Reviews, traffic apps, traffic sensors, user generated content

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:24:50 +0000

We look at some of the ways people have gamed online mapping systems over the years.

Categories:

Privacy

Tags: art vs tech businesses cars crowdsourcing Google google maps gps gps location location map maker maps reviews traffic apps traffic sensors user generated content

Independent MotherBoard Security

A Hurricane Maria ‘Tech Brigade’ Is Helping Connect the Puerto Rican Diaspora

October 5, 2017 admin code, Crowdsourcing, disaster relief, earth, hurricanes, Natural Disasters, power, Puerto Rico

Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:05:00 +0000

The Brigade’s efforts also highlight the limits to approaching disaster relief with code and information systems.

MalwareBytes Security

Crowdsourced fraud and kickstarted scams

September 14, 2017 admin 419, Crowdsourcing, cybercrime, donation scam, fraud, GoFundMe, kickstarter, Patreon, SCAM, Social engineering, ToS

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:00:50 +0000

Crowdsourced funding opportunities via Kickstarter, Patreon, and GoFundMe have removed many structural roadblocks for people to access capital quickly and conveniently. But they’ve also lowered the barrier to entry for many very old scams. So how do you tell the difference between a great cause or project to contribute to and a digital confidence scam? Let us take a look at pitfalls on two crowdfunding platforms.

Categories:

Tags: 419 crowdsourcing donation scam fraud GoFundMe Kickstarter Patreon scam ToS

(Read more…)

The post Crowdsourced fraud and kickstarted scams appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Security Wired

American Spies Now Have Their Very Own Smartphone App

April 5, 2017 admin apps, Crowdsourcing, National Affairs, Security, spying

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:23:13 +0000

American Spies Now Have Their Very Own Smartphone App

Chris Rasmussen is on a mission, which makes sense, since he’s a spy. But this mission isn’t spooky. It’s geeky. The post American Spies Now Have Their Very Own Smartphone App appeared first on WIRED.