Facebook, Privacy

Facebook Portal Will Spy On You After All

As reported by Recode, and with a small dose of “Told you so“, Facebook has clarified that it will spy on you using its new Portal devices after all. In an email sent to Recode, Facebook said, “Portal voice calling…

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Andrew
Facebook

Facebook Says Private Information was Stolen

Facebook revealed more information about the security issue that affected the privacy of many Facebook user’s information. The update provided by Facebook includes unsettling news. Facebook now says that out of the 50 million people whose access tokens were affected…

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JenThorpe
Facebook

Facebook Removed Multiple Pages and Accounts for Political Spam

Facebook announced today that it removed 559 Pages and 251 accounts “that have consistently broken our rules against spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior”. The post was written by Facebook’s Head of Cybersecurity Policy Nathaniel Gleicher and Project Manager Oscar Rodriguez.…

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JenThorpe
Facebook

Facebook Opens the Door to your Home with Portal

Facebook today announced its entry into the video calling market with Portal. Facebook today announced its entry into your home… With two models in the range, the smaller Portal goes up against the Echo Show, and a larger Portal+ brings…

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Andrew
Facebook
Facebook Dating has Launched in Columbia

Facebook Dating has Launched in Columbia

Facebook has launched Facebook Dating in Colombia. One can assume that it will roll out to other countries eventually if the test goes well. In my opinion, Facebook Dating is an attempt by Facebook to attract younger users. In February…

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JenThorpe
Facebook
Facebook’s Rosetta Can Understand Text in Images

Facebook’s Rosetta Can Understand Text in Images

Facebook has created and deployed a large-scale machine learning system named Rosetta. It can extract text from more than a billion public Facebook and Instagram images and video frames, in a wide variety of languages. This is excellent news for…

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