Group Therapy – security and privacy in Facebook groups
Having found myself roped into assisting as co-administrator a couple of Facebook groups with security/privacy issues, I thought I should, perhaps, share what little I know about defending your group against scam ...
Federal Judge Lets FTC Continue with Restrictions Against Meta
A federal court judge gave U.S. regulators the green light to prohibit Meta from monetizing the data its various entities – including Facebook and Instagram – collect from users under the age ...
Security Boulevard
Meta Sued for Ignoring its Underage Kids Problem (Because Money)
Richi Jennings | | child, child identity theft, child online privacy, Child Online Safety, Child protection, Child Safety, child security online, children, children online, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), children's privacy, Coppa, facebook, Instagram, Meta, online safety for children, Privacy, privacy children, Rights of Children, Safety Of Children, SB Blogwatch, Won’t somebody think of the children?
Don’t be square: Newly-unsealed COPPA suit says Zuck’s mob knows full well there are loads of users under the age of 13, but did nothing ...
Security Boulevard
Paying Big Tech for Privacy, New Privacy Policy Study, Biden’s Executive Order on AI
Tom Eston | | AI, Biden, Big Tech, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Excutive Order, facebook, GDPR, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Meta, NordVPN, Pay for Privacy, Pay or OK, Pay-or-Ads, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Privacy Policies, Privacy Policy, regulation, security, technology, Weekly Edition
In this week’s episode of the Shared Security Podcast, hosts Tom Eston, Scott Wright and Kevin Johnson tackle a number of topics related to AI, privacy and security. They begin with an ...
A Facebook Tagging Scam
I’ve been seeing an unpleasant scam attack being spread via a friend’s account today: I think from a cloned rather than hacked account, but I can’t be sure. 1. If you see ...
Facebook – abysmal algorithms and customer disservice
Facecrooks nails Facebook/Meta on (at least) two of its less attractive attributes. Firstly, its reliance on artificial intelligence, in this case using a faulty algorithm to correct a faulty algorithm. Presumably because ...
Phishing Campaign Exploited Salesforce Flaw to Attack Facebook Users
Hackers exploited a flaw in Salesforce's email services to launch phishing attacks aimed at stealing Facebook account information from users ...
Security Boulevard
BREAKING NEWS: You’re not Anonymous on Facebook (Duh)
Richi Jennings | | anonymity, defamation, dutch, facebook, Facebook privacy, Meta, Netherlands, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, The Netherlands
How Free is Your Speech? Court orders Meta to unmask anon OP ...
Security Boulevard
Facebook account hacking
I’ve spent a lot of time recently writing about FB account cloning, simply because I come across it so often. I haven’t paid nearly so much attention to real account hacking because ...
Helpful Hackers
Checking in on Facebook much too late last night, I noticed an invitation to connect from someone who is already a Facebook friend, so, as I always do, I sent them a ...