Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years — Krebs on Security
employees built applications that logged unencrypted password data for Facebook users and stored it in plain text on internal company servers.
Nå jobber Zuckerbergs tidligere mentor for å bryte opp Facebook - NRKBeta
https://nrkbeta.no/2019/03/11/na-jobber-zuckerbergs-tidligere-mentor-for-a-bryte-opp-facebook/
– At det å kunne forutsi folk oppførsel har blitt den mest profitable businessen uten at vi har blitt klar over det bør skremme oss alle
Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look up’ setting - TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/03/facebook-phone-number-look-up/
Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication has also been associated with their user profile — which anyone can use to “look up” their profile.
Worse, Facebook doesn’t give you an option to opt-out.
Facebook Allows Users to Look Up Others With Their Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number, With No Opt-Out — Pixel Envy
The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge
You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook. - WSJ
At the heart of the issue is an analytics tool Facebook offers developers, which allows them to see statistics about their users’ activities
Stempler Facebook som «digitale gangstere» – NRK Urix
https://www.nrk.no/urix/stempler-facebook-som-_digitale-gangstere_-1.14437301
I rapporten anklager den tverrpolitiske mediekomiteen Facebook for å ha satt demokratiet i fare fordi de har eksponert brukerne sine for desinformasjon spesielt i forbindelse med valg.
Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps
The shutdown comes in response to news that Facebook has been using Apple’s program for internal app distribution to track teenage customers with a “research” app.
Facebook har i en årrekke betalt tenåringer for å få spionere på dem
https://nrkbeta.no/2019/01/30/facebook-har-i-en-arrekke-betalt-tenaringer-for-a-fa-spionere-pa-dem/
Appen installerte et såkalt rotsertifikat
Dette betyr blant annet at Facebook har kunne se hvilke nettsider tenåringene surfet på og hva de skrev i private chatmeldinger.
Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-blocks-ad-transparency-tools
A number of organizations […] have developed tools to let the public see exactly how Facebook users are being targeted by advertisers.
Now, Facebook has quietly made changes to its site that stop those efforts.