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Upload a video selfie to get your Facebook or Instagram account back

October 22, 2024 admin celeb-bait ads, Facebook, Facial Recognition, instagram, like-farming, meta, news, privacy, scams, video selfie

Meta wants to introduce the option to upload a video selfie if you need to recover a lost Facebook or Instagram account.

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A week in security (April 15 – 21)

April 22, 2019 admin a week in security, cyber resilience, ellen degeneres, fake Airbnb sites, Flame 2.0, IE vulnerability, like-farming, notre dame disinformation, Security world, VPN flaw, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:47:21 +0000

A roundup of security news from April 15–21, including an explanation of like-farming, Ellen DeGeneres scam, flaws in VPN services, funky malware formats found in Ocean Lotus, and more.

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Explained: like-farming

April 18, 2019 admin 101, Facebook, FYI, hoax, like-farming, like-harvesting, likes, shares

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Like-farming is a popular method on social media to harvest as many likes and shares as possible in order to increase the value of a site or domain. But what happens when scammers get in the game?

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