Orwell-book leaks more data, hundreds of millions of users exposed in “public” database
Orwell-book leaks more data, hundreds of millions of users exposed in “public” database
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WWWorries? Inventor of Web laments coming-of-age woes… Says it’s now dysfunctional… Urges users to seek complete control of data…
WWWorries? Inventor of Web laments coming-of-age woes GENEVA (AP) — The inventor of the World Wide Web knows his revolutionary innovation is coming of age, and doesn’t always like what … Read more
PSA: Gab released a new browser extension ‘Dissenter’ that allows users to comment on any page on the internet – censorship free!
by zyklorpthehuman Didn’t see any mention of it here so I figured I’d share this new extension that allows commenting on any website, youtube video, articles, individual tweets, etc. … Read more
18,000 Google Play Apps Tracking Users illegally like angry birds and more
ANDROID users have been warned against thousands of apps on the Google Play Store accused of tracking user behaviors to deliver targeted advertising without explicit permission, a new report has … Read more
CNBC: Reddit users are the least valuable of any social network
Reddit’s latest funding round values its users at a lower price than any other social network. The company announced Monday it had raised $300 million in its Series D investment round at … Read more
UNTRUSTWORTHY: Google Play caught hosting an app that steals users’ cryptocurrency.
via arstechnica: Google Play has been caught hosting yet another malicious app, this time one that was designed to steal cryptocurrency from unwitting end users, researchers said Friday. The malware, which … Read more
FACEBOOK stock tanks after report shows 50% of its users are FAKE – ripping off advertisers isn’t good for business
In a report published Thursday by PlainSite, an independent research shop led by Aaron Greenspan, analysts calculated that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been regularly lying to investors and the … Read more
Lunatic left-wing twitter users are about to go to JAIL over making “terroristic threats” against Catholic school students… and it’s about damn time
by: Mike Adams (Natural News) Finally, a prosecutor has decided to start throwing lunatic, Leftists in prison for promoting terrorism and violence against schoolchildren. “Rob Sanders, a Kenton County Prosecutor, … Read more
Big Pharma’s Worst Nightmare, Survey Finds Most Medical Pot Users Quitting Prescription Drug Use
via thefreethoughtproject: A new survey published this month in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs helps explain why Big Pharma is so afraid of cannabis. The pharmaceutical and alcohol industries, both powerful influences … Read more
Google wins lawsuit, can continue to use facial recognition tech on users without consent.
via yahoo: Google has had a lawsuit in Illinois over its facial-recognition software thrown out, with a judge dismissing the case on the grounds that the plaintiff in the case did … Read more
Facebook Is Doomed: It Allowed Companies to Read Users’ Private Messages
Zuckerberg is zuck’d: archive.is/wZOSt
PRIVACY: How Facebook sneakily uses IP data & more for targeted ads, even if users disable all location settings.
via 9to5mac: Aleksandra Korolova, a University of Southern California computer science professor, has shared a post on Medium diving deeper into Facebook’s targeted ad technology. Specifically, Korolova focuses on how Facebook … Read more
Stossel: Does Silicon Valley manipulate users?
From John Stossel at Reason: Leaked emails show some Google engineers blaming their company for Trump’s 2016 win, suggesting that the site should censor outlets like The Daily Caller and Breitbart. Google says the … Read more
Facebook offered users privacy wall, then let tech giants around it
Internal records show that the social network had arrangements with Microsoft, Amazon and others, effectively exempting some partners from its usual privacy rules. The documents underscore how personal data has … Read more
Facebook Allowed Netflix, Spotify, And A Bank To Read And Delete Users’ Private Messages; The social network also allowed Microsoft’s search engine Bing to see the names of nearly all users’ friends without their consent, according to a report.
by AssuredlyAThrowAway via NYT: For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business … Read more
Another bug: Photos of nearly 7 million Facebook users exposed
by DCG Four years and counting since I deleted my FB account. You couldn’t pay me to go back to it. From Hollywood Reporter: Facebook’s privacy controls have broken down yet again, … Read more