by Media Release | Apr 5, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
How to Check if Your Phone Number Is in the Huge Facebook Data Leak Hacked data on over 553 million Facebook users was leaked online over the weekend, including names, birthdates, a Facebook user’s relationship status, the city where they live, their workplace, and...
by Media Release | Mar 31, 2021 | Facebook, Google, Privacy, Security
Facebook vs. Google: Similar models, diverging perspectives Facebook and Google share the same fundamental business model of charging companies forads that can be highly targeted due to a wide range of behavioral and inferred consumer attributes. And yet, as I wrote...
by Media Release | Mar 19, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Facebook Finally Explains Its Mysterious Wrist Wearable IT FIRST APPEARED on March 9 as a tweet on Andrew Bosworth’s timeline, the tiny corner of the internet that offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a Facebook executive these days. Bosworth, who leads Facebook’s...
by Media Release | Feb 12, 2021 | Amazon, Facebook, Google, Privacy, Security
How Big Tech failed to stop misinformation in 2020 The hottest memes of 2020! The most viral videos of the year! The hottest hashtags! The year-in-review lists from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were missing the biggest story of the year: their failure to stop the...
by Media Release | Feb 11, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
With the recent release of iOS 14, Apple enabled a new feature called “App Privacy” (or what they call Privacy Nutrition Labels) in the App Store, which supposedly shows users what information apps collect, and how it’s used. For example, the Facebook app’s extremely...
by Media Release | Feb 10, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
SINCE FACEBOOK ACQUIRED WhatsApp in 2014, users have wondered and worried about how much data would flow between the two platforms. Many of them experienced a rude awakening this week, as a new in-app notification raises awareness about a step WhatsApp actually took...
