Facebook has made users sign up for a new privacy policy that allows it to track users everywhere on the Internet even when they are not on Facebook. This is really bad news for internet security and privacy lovers.
Facebook has just updated its privacy policy which allows Facebook to track you, the Facebook user activity even after you have left Facebook website to surf other pages. And more over you have already agreed to it without knowing it. Facebook’s new policy allows it to gather data about you, from across the internet. And in addition to the normal data it generally gathers when you post something or add friends to your network.
Read moreIf you are a Facebook user, be aware of a new malware! Do not click any porn links on Facebook. The reason is that you have thousands of good porn sites out there, but there's an extra good reason right now.
A security researcher warned that rogue pornography links on the world’s most popular social network had reportedly infected a lot of Facebook users with a Trojan in two days and it is still on the rise. The Facebook malware disguised as a Flash Player update and spreads itself by posting links to a pornographic video from the Facebook accounts of previously infected users. The malware generally tags as many as 20 friends of the infected user.
Read moreThe British army is going to create Facebook warriors, good at psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare in the information age. The brigade will be responsible for what is described as non-lethal warfare. Both the Israeli and the army of the USA already engage heavily in psychological operations.
The force will attempt to control the narrative. The army will include reservists and regulars. Soldiers with journalism skills and familiarity with social media are among those being sought. The move is partly a result of experience in counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan.
Read moreSome developments on the class action suit filed against Facebook over alleged privacy violations in Europe. Europe vs. Facebook, the group leading the suit now with 25,000 claimants in tow, has had its first hearing set for April 9, marking the first time Facebook will appear in court over the case.
The class action covers a number of areas ranging from data use policy under EU law to PRISM surveillance support and the unlawful introduction of “Graph Search.” According to Europe vs. Facebook, the social network refutes the claims, arguing that the lawsuit is inadmissable because it cannot be sued by its users.
Read moreVirtual reality goggles, drones and data centers are all driving a hiring spree at Facebook that is set to swell its ranks as much as 14 percent in the near term, according to a review of job listings on the company's website.
The Internet social networking company aims to add new employees, the outgrowth of aggressive investments that executives have said will define the coming year. The market for virtual reality headsets is still nascent. But if virtual reality takes off for entertainment, gaming, communications or computing, Facebook could be at the center of the new platform with Oculus. Facebook’s ambitious effort to build its own satellites and drones capable of delivering Internet service.
Read moreYandex and Facebook had a notable run-in last year when a team of developers from the Russian search giant created a social search app called Wonder, which Facebook promptly blocked, leading to it shutting down.
But in reality the two sides have been working together since 2010, and today comes the latest chapter in the collaboration. Yandex is launching a social search feature that will serve Yandex visitors related, real-time public posts from Facebook alongside other search results. Yandex, which accounts for around 60% of all searches in Russia, will also use Facebook firehose data to help provide more relevant results.
Read moreEver feel misunderstood by colleagues, friends or even your spouse? Perhaps a computer, with a little help from your social networking profile, will be able to figure you out. New research suggests that a computer model is a better judge of an individual’s personality than those closest to them.
The judgment is based on an analysis of what people “like” on Facebook. Researchers admitted the findings may be considered “creepy” by some but said they could also lead to technological advances, such as helping artificially intelligent machines better understand the emotional needs of their human creators.
Read moreYou can tell your kids to stay off the social networks and you can tell yourself that they’ll listen, but chances are they’ll find a way on, anyway. So we’re going to address reality and do our best to ensure that their Facebook and Twitter accounts are secure and private and that they use the networks as safely and responsibly as possible.
Of course, Twitter and Facebook are data brokers. This means they make money selling anything and everything you post there to third-party marketing and advertising firms. It’s also safe to assume they are tracking any web-browsing you do while logged in, but you can at least try to prevent this.
Read moreLike it or not, the means of communication our children use have changed drastically over the past decade. They are far less eager to call or meet each other, but are constantly available online in social networks.
When it comes to 11 to 14-year-olds, depending on what’s hip in their environment and, to some extent, the local legislation, your son or daughter would want to register a Facebook or Vkontakte account. Yet as a parent, you are the sole bearer of the responsibility over the way your child’s online life goes. The best way to conserve the connection to your kid while he/she starts traveling down the path to the world of the internet is to do something together.
Read moreUnited States tech giants can’t catch a break with Europe’s privacy watchdogs. After other companies like Google have repeatedly run into issues with the region’s strict data protection rules, Facebook is now in the crosshairs of the Dutch privacy regulator, which said that it was investigating the social network’s revamped privacy policy.
The company’s privacy statements — updated in November and to be introduced on Jan. 1 — tries to simplify the often hard-to-understand rules governing people’s data stored on Facebook into concise and understandable language.
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