Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| We take a look at Instagram story spam leading to a “free Apple Watch” giveaway on a recently compromised celebrity account. Categories: Tags: Apple WatchInstagramscamsocial mediasocial networkspamsurveysurveys |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Parents don’t just hand over the car keys to children who haven’t taken driver’s ed. Sadly, the same can’t be said about smartphones. This book by Clayton Cranford shows parents the importance of keeping their kids safe online—and just how to do it. Categories: Tags: child security onlinecyberbullyinginternet safetyparenting in the digital worldsocial media |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Ankita Ashesh| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 10:53:16 +0000
One company with a turnover of $2.44bn 330 million users 500 million tweets per day What does it take to bring an upheaval in such a magnanimous company? A bug and . . . . well, that’s all it needs! Twitter Inc. reported a bug encounter a few weeks ago….
Read moreCredit to Author: Nadezhda Demidova| Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:49:49 +0000
Fake airline giveaways won’t win you a ticket, but they might steal your data.
Read moreCredit 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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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.
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 moreCredit 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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