Why 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
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Why 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.
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, Dave and I take a stab at New Year’s resolutions, with an IT security twist.
Read moreTerdot Trojan likes social media
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:47:17 +0000
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| The Terdot Trojan is a banker, but it loves to steal your social networks credentials as well. Categories: Tags: bankerfacebooksocial mediaterdottrojantwitter |
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Read moreA friend in need — or is it?
Credit to Author: Tatyana Sidorina| Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:00:49 +0000
Attackers pretending to be acquaintances asking for money — the story is old, the approaches new. We show you how to avoid the e-bait.
Read moreActually, Facebook Will Not Blur the Nudes Sent to Its Anti-Revenge Porn Program
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000
The company originally told me it was obscuring the images, but then said it wasn’t.
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