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...
by Media Release | Jan 5, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
There are a lot of reasons that might persuade someone to quit using Facebook. There are privacy concerns, data leaks, and incendiary content, not to mention the monetization of your personal data. Any one of those reasons should be enough, but most people...