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AI and the Evolution of Social Media

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, facebook, google, Internet and society, LLM, privacy, Security technology, social media, surveillance, twitter, Uncategorized

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. A decade ago, social media was celebrated for sparking democratic uprisings in the Arab world and beyond. Now front pages are splashed with stories of social platforms’ role in misinformation, business conspiracy, malfeasance, and risks to mental health. In a 2022 survey, Americans blamed social media for the coarsening … Read More “AI and the Evolution of Social Media” »

Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network

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data privacy, facebook, Meta, privacy, reports, Security technology, surveillance, tracking, Uncategorized

Consumer Reports is reporting that Facebook has built a massive surveillance network: Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook … Read More “Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network” »

Interview with Signal’s New President

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facebook, interviews, metadata, privacy, Security technology, signal, Uncategorized, whatsapp

Long and interesting interview with Signal’s new president, Meredith Whittaker: WhatsApp uses the Signal encryption protocol to provide encryption for its messages. That was absolutely a visionary choice that Brian and his team led back in the day ­- and big props to them for doing that. But you can’t just look at that and … Read More “Interview with Signal’s New President” »

Facebook Is Now Encrypting Links to Prevent URL Stripping

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browsers, encryption, facebook, Security technology, tracking, Uncategorized

Some sites, including Facebook, add parameters to the web address for tracking purposes. These parameters have no functionality that is relevant to the user, but sites rely on them to track users across pages and properties. Mozilla introduced support for URL stripping in Firefox 102, which it launched in June 2022. Firefox removes tracking parameters … Read More “Facebook Is Now Encrypting Links to Prevent URL Stripping” »

Facebook Is Down

Posted on By infossl
dns, facebook, internet, Security technology, Uncategorized, whatsapp

Facebook — along with Instagram and WhatsApp — went down globally today. Basically, someone deleted their BGP records, which made their DNS fall apart. …at approximately 11:39 a.m. ET today (15:39 UTC), someone at Facebook caused an update to be made to the company’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) records. BGP is a mechanism by which … Read More “Facebook Is Down” »

Android Apps Stealing Facebook Credentials

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android, credentials, facebook, google, malware, Security technology

Google has removed 25 Android apps from its store because they steal Facebook credentials: Before being taken down, the 25 apps were collectively downloaded more than 2.34 million times. The malicious apps were developed by the same threat group and despite offering different features, under the hood, all the apps worked the same. According to … Read More “Android Apps Stealing Facebook Credentials” »

Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit

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children, exploits, facebook, fbi, pornography, Security technology, vulnerabilities, zeroday

This is a weird story: Hernandez was able to evade capture for so long because he used Tails, a version of Linux designed for users at high risk of surveillance and which routes all inbound and outbound connections through the open-source Tor network to anonymize it. According to Vice, the FBI had tried to hack … Read More “Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit” »