Categories: News Tags: Voyager Labs Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: Meta Tags: surveillance tool Tags: data scraping Voyager Labs, a surveillance firm, allegedly created thousands of Facebook and Instagram accounts so it could use its scraping tool to steal data. |
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:08:19 +0000
Time to worry about how well the facial recognition startup protects its 3b+ database of faceprints scraped from our social media accounts?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UEh1lsdY7KE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:48:41 +0000
The long-awaited decision found that automated scraping of publicly accessible data likely doesn’t violate the CFAA.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UVANipcvTu0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 10:16:32 +0000
Most attacks are from botnets. The goals: spreading spam, stealing data, spreading propaganda, and social-engineering consumers for profit.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GlHMOtyrs8I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 10:16:32 +0000
Most attacks are from botnets. The goals: spreading spam, stealing data, spreading propaganda, and social-engineering consumers for profit.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GlHMOtyrs8I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:07:06 +0000
A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users’ locations and stories.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tYg0EOUDhS8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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