Craig Timberg, Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin of The Washington Post report: Facebook said Wednesday that “malicious actors” took advantage of search tools on its platform, making it possible for them to discover the identities and collect information on most of its 2 billion users worldwide. The revelation came amid rising acknowledgment by Facebook about…
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Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer, and People Are Freaking Out
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: The browser you likely use to read this article scans practically all files on your Windows computer. And you probably had no idea until you read this. Don’t worry, you’re not the only one. Last year, Google announced some upgrades to Chrome, by far the world’s most used browser—and the one security…
EPIC Sues AccuWeather for Deceptively Tracking Consumers
From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against AccuWeather for deceptively tracking the location of subscribers who downloaded the company’s app. In papers filed in the District of Columbia, EPIC charged that AccuWeather tracked consumers even when they expressly opted out of location tracking. EPIC also charged that AccuWeather failed to disclose that…
“Want To Freak Yourself Out?” Here Is All The Personal Data That Facebook/Google Collect
Tyler Durden writes: The Cambridge Analytica scandal was never really about Cambridge Analytica. As we’ve pointed out, neither Facebook nor Cambridge Analytica have been accused of doing anything explicitly illegal (though one could be forgiven for believing they had, based on the number of lawsuits and official investigations that have been announced). Instead, the backlash…