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The many ways you can be scammed on Facebook, part II
December 18, 2020 - In part 1 of this article series, we looked at data mining schemes, scam ad campaigns, concert tickets scams, and PayPal...
The many ways you can be scammed on Facebook, part I
December 2, 2020 - Scams can be found anywhere, and Facebook is no exception. And, with the holiday season just around the corner, and the...
Facebook scams: Bad ads, bogus grants, and fake tickets lurk on social media giant
November 11, 2019 - We recently highlighted new steps Instagram is taking to try and clamp down on scammers sending fake messages on their platform....
Facebook’s history betrays its privacy pivot
March 20, 2019 - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg proposed a radical pivot for his company this month: it would start caring—really—about privacy, building out a...
Facebook spammers making things worse
April 13, 2018 - Facebook’s having a bad couple of weeks. Between Congressional testimony and new information coming forward about Cambridge Analytica’s use of user...
Facebook worries: I didn’t post that
September 6, 2017 - It is my assumption that most Facebook users don’t look at their own profile often. With your own profile, I mean...
Malware “Eko” affecting French Facebook users
October 6, 2016 - Since the start of this week, the French media and online forums have been abuzz about a new Facebook Messenger “Trojan...
“Just awful” experiment points suicidal teens at chatbot
March 14, 2023 - After getting in hot water for using an AI chatbot to provide mental health counseling, non-profit startup Koko has now been criticized...
Encrypted DMs may be coming to Twitter (assuming it survives the weekend)
November 18, 2022 - Way back in 2018, Twitter was making noises about more secure forms of direct messaging (DM) for its users. The proposed...
Client side scanning may cost more than it delivers
May 10, 2022 - On May 11, 2022, the EU will publicize a proposal for a law on mandatory chat control. The European Commission wants...
