by Paul | Mar 4, 2019 | General Blog, Security, Technology
Facebook has now made users’ phone numbers, most of them mobile numbers, searchable. This can only lead to increased phishing, exploits, fraud and at the very least maddening...
by Paul | Feb 18, 2019 | Security, Technology
Facebook broke U.K. privacy and competition law and should urgently be subject to statutory regulation, according to a parliamentary report labeling the company and its executives “digital gangsters”....
by Paul | Feb 7, 2019 | Security, Technology
This is fallout after the UK seized internal Facebook communications which detail some of the company’s unethical stance on user privacy. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/07/german-antitrust-watchdog-cracks-down-on-facebook.html
by Paul | Feb 2, 2019 | Technology
Fact-checking is becoming more the responsibility of websites, largely in an effort to curb the whole “Fake News” blitzkrieg that IS Facebook. The Snopes-Facebook partnership seemed like a positive step; however, Snopes has determined the currnet...
by Paul | Feb 1, 2019 | Technology
This article discusses what “quitting” Facebook does to/for a person. It’s findings are based on surveys, so it’s questionable whether things like “political-knowledge” are actual or more-likely perceived benefits. One important...
by Paul | Jan 31, 2019 | Security, Technology
The announcement this week that Messenger, Instagram, WhatsAp, and other Facebook-owned tools makes me question serious use of any of these. Facebook makes money selling user data and advertising, and they haven’t got a good record when it comes to user privacy....
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