Facebook will not be notifying those who had their data leaked
It has recently come to light that unauthorised individuals leaked data belonging to 533m Facebook accounts and posted it online. Despite the circumstances, Facebook is not planning to notify those
Vanishing messages coming to Messenger and Instagram
Facebook has announced a ‘vanishing messages’ feature for Messenger and Instagram. The new Snapchat-like feature is called Vanish Mode. In Vanish Mode, as soon as the recipient reads the message
Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s Zoom competitor, goes live
Although it never tried to play the role of a social network, Zoom’s video conferencing solution has become one of the most popular ways to communicate with friends and colleagues
Facebook admits to storing millions of passwords in plain text
The social media giant has admitted to storing millions of user passwords in plain text format, a huge cybersecurity no-no. How could this have slipped through the cracks? Pedro Canahuati,
Facebook focuses on making messaging more secure
On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO at Facebook, revealed the company’s plans for the future: they will be focusing on privacy and encryption. Even though the changes may take years to
Facebook moving 1,5 billion users away from GDPR protection
As we’re all well aware of, GDPR goes into full swing next month. Facebook has decided to adapt and move the non-European users away from its protection. In concrete terms,
Facebook to use facial recognition technology when tagging photos
The time of having to go through Facebook photos to manually tag your friends is nearing an end. Facebook is implementing facial recognition technology that will soon take care of
Never forget to unlink your old phone number from Facebook
A data security researcher has discovered a new way for hackers to get into your Facebook account: by taking advantage of old phone numbers you’re no longer using, yet still
Facebook moderators receiving full access to accounts suspected of terrorism
Once a Facebook account has been algorithmically determined to be suspected of terrorism, moderators are given full access to it. Since Facebook has refused to define what ‘terrorism’ is, this
Facebook buys leaked passwords online for data security purposes
Facebook is reportedly buying leaked passwords online to help keep their users’ accounts safe. They are doing everything in their power to avoid a potential data security breach or hacking