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Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts hijacked

February 11, 2020 0 Comments account hijacking, facebook, hijacked instagram accounts, hijacked twitter accounts, Instagram, khoros, ourmine, social media, Social networks, twitter, twitter hack

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:57:10 +0000

In full glare of the world, Facebook admins have found themselves in an unseemly struggle to wrestle back control of the company’s Twitter accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BzYBIavuyPc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

February 7, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, BIPA, CFAA, class action, clearview ai, david mutnick, DCMA, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, first amendment, Google, hiQ Labs, hoan ton-that, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Instagram, Law & order, law enforcement, lawsuit, LinkedIn, Machine Learning, Privacy, privacy law, Social networks, twitter, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:30:03 +0000

It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/X7rOITrf5_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter bans deepfakes, but only those ‘likely to cause harm’

February 6, 2020 0 Comments alphabet, assembler, cheapfakes, deepfakes, disinformation, facebook, fake news, gan, generative adversarial network, Google, jigsaw, Machine Learning, shallowfakes, Social networks, stylegan, the current, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:52:30 +0000

Twitter isn’t interested in how the “synthetic or manipulated” media is created, but if it has the potential to cause harm it’ll be removed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6IJPjMtC2sA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook will let parents see kids’ chat history, peer into inbox

February 5, 2020 0 Comments chat, children online, Coppa, facebook, kids, messenger kids, parent dashboard, parental controls, Privacy, privacy policy, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:58:14 +0000

It’s revamping Messenger Kids with new parental controls and updated information on its children’s data policy.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YUhRiBvzy6c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter admits to raid on users’ phone numbers

February 5, 2020 0 Comments 2fa, android app, data loss, ibrahim balic, phone numbers, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, twitter, twitter phone numbers, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:20:13 +0000

It relates to Twitter’s contact upload feature, which allows users to find others via contact info such as email or phone number.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JjUJFBQ-IaQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter hands over student’s account to his college

February 4, 2020 0 Comments @sunygenseeo, access, account hijacking, account suspension, apology, geneseo, impersonation, impersonation policy, isaiah kelly, mistake, mockery, New York, parody account, policy, Social networks, state university of new york, suny, twitter, university

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:11:48 +0000

Twitter admitted it broke the rules when it handed over control of the student’s account to college administrators.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/THaPVg5m35Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit

January 31, 2020 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, face recognition, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Law & order, lawsuit, photo tagging, photos, Privacy, Social networks, tag suggestions, tagging

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:14:22 +0000

A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it’s finally done churning through the courts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-vpu7yQz3I0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook knows a lot about your online habits – here’s how to stop it

January 30, 2020 0 Comments facebook, off facebook activity, online tracking, Privacy, privacy controls, site tracker, social media, Social networks

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:12:34 +0000

Facebook’s new Off-Facebook Activity feature is part of the company’s effort to appear more privacy-friendly to its users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sYdMXSoeSaM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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15 NFL teams’ Twitter hijacked in lead-up to the Super Bowl

January 29, 2020 0 Comments account hijacking, bears, bills, broncos, browns, bucs, cardinals, chiefs, colts, cowboys, eagles, facebook, football, giants, Hacked, hacking group, kansas city chiefs, khoros, national football league, nfl, ourmine, packers, san francisco 49ers, saudi arabia, security threats, Social networks, spredfast, super bowl, super bowl championship, texans, the 49ers, twitter, vikings

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:14:15 +0000

“We are here to show people that everything is hackable,” says hacking group OurMine, back to spread its unwelcome spiel on hacked accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ukSkVZya4UE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints

January 28, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, BIPA, class action, clearview ai, david mutnick, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, hoan ton-that, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Law & order, law enforcement, lawsuit, Machine Learning, Privacy, privacy law, Social networks, twitter, Venmo, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:51:21 +0000

A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9Wtt8BCE-R8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>