Yasmeen Abutaleb reports: Facebook Inc (FB.O) rolled out features Wednesday that enable businesses to privately communicate with customers through messages as part of the social networking company’s push to make its Messenger app a stand-alone platform. Businesses can now include a “send message” button in ads that appear in Newsfeed that allow Facebook users to click…
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We made a new Do Not Track thing – not like you’ll use it or anything
Shaun Nichols reports that although EFF touts the new Do Not Track standard, they admit that it suffers from the same fatal defect as its previous iteration: it’s voluntary: Site operators and advertisers have to enable their pages to recognize and respect the do-not-track policy. They do this by inserting code into their pages to…
How your phone’s battery life can be used to invade your privacy
Alex Hern reports: A little-known feature of the HTML5 specification means that websites can find out how much battery power a visitor has left on their laptop or smartphone – and now, security researchers have warned that that information can be used to track browsers online. Read more on The Guardian.
Jihadis threaten to slaughter British soldiers’ wives and families as police issue social media warning
Another cautionary tale about why you need to be careful about what you – or your children – share on social media. Chris Hughes reports: Families of British servicemen have been ordered to stop sharing personal details on social media after extremists threatened to kill a solider’s wife in a letter direct to their home. Police…