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Facebook Whistleblower Fears Election Abuse

Jon Swartz | August 27, 2024 | amazon, Cybersecurity, Elections, facebook, Meta, Telegram

Frances Haugen, who famously blew the whistle on Facebook and its susceptibility to manipulation, has renewed concerns over the social-networking company. This time, she’s laser-focused on misinformation during the 2024 presidential election ...

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Massive AT&T Data Breach Impact, Meta’s Privacy Policy Updates

Tom Eston | July 22, 2024 | AI, ATT, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, , Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Meta, Patreon, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Privacy Policies, Privacy Policy, security, snowflake, technology, Weekly Edition

In episode 339, hosts Tom Eston and Scott Wright discuss the massive AT&T data breach affecting 110 million customers, which is larger than a previous breach from March affecting 73 million customers ...

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Revealed: Facebook’s “Incredibly Aggressive” Alleged Theft of Snapchat App Data

Meta MITM IAAP SSL bump: Zuck ordered “Project Ghostbusters”—with criminal consequences, says class action lawsuit ...

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Who’s to Blame for Hacked Social Media Accounts, Spoofed Online Meeting Requests and Malware

Tom Eston | March 11, 2024 | account hacking, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, google, hacked, Hacking, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Malware, Meeting Invite, Meta, Microsoft Teams, online, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, rat, RATs, remote-access Trojan, security, , Spoofed Online Meetings, spoofing, Teams, technology, Weekly Edition, Zoom

In episode 320, Tom and Scott discuss the contentious issue of who is accountable when Facebook or Instagram accounts are hacked, discussing potential failings on both the user’s and Meta’s part. They ...

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Facebook/Insta FAIL — ‘Anonymous Sudan’ has a Super Tuesday: ‘We Did It.’

Shooper Choosday: Was yesterday’s Meta outage outrage caused by a Russian DDoS? ...

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Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network

Bruce Schneier | February 1, 2024 | Data Privacy, facebook, Meta, Privacy, Reports, 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 ...

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Ohio’s New Social Media Law, Meta’s Link History Feature, 175 Million Passcode Guesses

Tom Eston | January 15, 2024 | Apple, brute-force attack, children, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, iPhone, Link History, Meta, Ohio, , Ottawa, passcode, Passcodes, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, , technology, Teenagers, Weekly Edition

In episode 312, Tom and Scott discuss the implications of a new law in Ohio that may require parental consent for children under 16 using social media, including the pros and cons ...

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Facebook’s New Privacy Nightmare: ‘Link History’

How stupid does he think we are? You’ll want to turn off this new app setting ...

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Federal Judge Lets FTC Continue with Restrictions Against Meta

Jeffrey Burt | November 29, 2023 | Data Privacy, facebook, federal court ruling, FTC, 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 ...

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