Just because you’re the most popular app in the world doesn’t mean that you should rest on your laurels. Facebook, which is the most popular mobile app based on comScore’s latest survey, is making some changes and is starting with its iOS app. One change allows members to replace a…
Facebook seeks patent that could assign fingerprints to cameras
Your Camera May Soon Be Assigned A Unique Fingerprint For Identification By Facebook Looks like the social networking giant, Facebook is trying yet another way to track you. This time it is through your camera. According to a new “image fingerprinting” patent application filed by the company in January (that’s Patent Publication…
European Watchdog Accuses Facebook of NSA-Style Spying
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Earlier, the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC) filed a lawsuit against Facebook, which the BPC said is spying on people in “the very same way” that the US National Security Agency (NSA) does, according to media reports. Speaking at a court hearing, Frederic Debussere, a lawyer…
Facebook accused of spying on Belgian citizens like the NSA
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Facebook acted like the US’s National Security Agency, spying without authority on European users, lawyers representing the Belgian data protection authority said on Monday. In opening arguments in a closely watched case being brought against the social network company, Frederic Debussere,…
Facebook plans an empathetic ‘dislike’ button
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the social network is planning to give users a feature they’ve been wanting for a long time: a dislike button. But, the button won’t be used for evil, at least that’s Zuck’s plan, and will supposedly be aimed at giving users a more nuanced…
Facebook starts testing M, the virtual assistant that lives inside Messenger
Facebook has started testing M, a new virtual assistant that lives inside its Messenger app. Rolling out first in the San Francisco Bay Area, M’s artificial intelligence in trained and supervised by people. One of the big selling points of M is its ability to do things for you in…
Facebook Loophole Makes Your Phone Number A Data Hacking Tool
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Facebook has been asked to fix its security settings after a product specialist had the capacity harvest information about a great many clients – just by speculating their versatile numbers. The designer acquired the names, profile pictures and areas of clients…
PUTTING YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER ON FACEBOOK IS A DEFINITE NO-NO
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security experts recently urged Facebook to change some of its privacy settings because a hidden vulnerability may put millions of public profiles and linked phone numbers in the hands of hackers and abusers. Experts learned that it is a simple as…
Why You Shouldn’t Put Your Phone Number On Facebook
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Social media users should always take precaution to protect themselves on the internet, and sometimes that means keeping personal details hidden. One of those details that should never be shared is phone numbers. According to the Daily Mail, Salt.agency technical director…
Facebook now allows live streaming…but for celebrities only
With apps like Meerkat and Periscope turning just about anyone into a live broadcaster on Twitter, Facebook wants to get into the business of live streaming itself. Today, the social media site introduced “Live,” a feature from the Mentions app that is available only to celebrities with a verified Facebook…