By Oscar Gonzalez | June 12, 2019 Facebook is already under fire over privacy issues and said users shouldn't have an expectation of privacy on social media. A new report says emails found as part of a government investigation might show that the...
Privacy
HOW GOOGLE’S SAFE BROWSING HELPED BUILD A MORE SECURE WEB
By Lily Hay Newman 17 Jul 2018 IN THE BEGINNING there was phone phreaking and worms. Then came spam and pop ups. And none of it was good. But in the nascent decades of the internet, digital networks were detached and isolated enough that the average user could mostly...
HOW TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNTS WITH BETTER TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
By Brian Barrett | 22 Jul 2018 HOPEFULLY BY NOW you’ve heeded the repeated warnings from your friends and loved ones (and friendly, beloved internet writers) to use two-factor authentication to secure your digital accounts. That’s where access to Facebook or Twitter...
GOOGLE CHROME NOW LABELS HTTP SITES AS ‘NOT SECURE’
By Brian Barrett | 24 Jul 2018 NEARLY TWO YEARS ago, Google made a pledge: It would name and shame websites with unencrypted connections, a strategy designed to spur web developers to embrace HTTPS encryption. On Tuesday, it finally is following through. With the...
Protect Your Privacy on Amazon by Changing These Settings
5 Amazon obscure settings you should change now By Kim Komando | The Kim Komando Show The items we buy say a lot about our lifestyles, our finances, and our domestic lives. If you have an Amazon account, the amount of data that the retail giant collects is...
POLL: 63% of Facebook Users Don’t Trust Company with Their Data
A new poll finds the majority of Facebook users do not trust the social media company with their personal data.
Facebook says the number of users affected by Cambridge Analytica data leak is 87 million
The number of users whose information was improperly shared with research firm Cambridge Analytica was previously estimated by reports to be 50 million. Facebook issued the number in a lengthy post by CTO Mike Schroepfer about its privacy changes, including...
Facebook Scans the Photos and Links You Send on Messenger
System aims to detect content that violates standards. Company on the defensive about how it handles private data.
Facebook Secretly Deleted Zuckerberg’s Private Emails
Average users not afforded same ability to permanently remove messages from Facebook’s servers.
Zuckerberg: It Will Take Years to Fix Problems Related to Private User Data
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - It may take a few years in order for Facebook to solve the problems associated with third-parties using data from its users in unauthorized ways, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview. "I think we will dig through this hole, but...
6 questions Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg still needs to answer
The CEO of the world’s largest social network will testify before Congress next week. Maybe he’ll answer our burning questions.
