Facebook’s misuse of their users’ biometric information could potentially amount to billions of dollars in damages after a federal judge greenlighted an Illinois class action suit against the firm’s facial recognition feature. Facebook violated an Illinois state law by improperly using their photo-scanning and facial recognition technologies and storing biometric data without their users’ consent, […]
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Congressmen Repeatedly Failed To Supervise IT Aides With ‘Keys To The Kingdom,’…
Only one IT aide currently working directly for members of Congress has ever completed a background check, members’ data have been improperly mixed with other members’ data, and members provided almost no supervision, officials revealed Thursday in a House hearing spurred by “egregious” violations by former IT aide Imran Awan. Members of Congress threw “$10 […]
UNFRIGGINREAL: Casino Gets Hacked Through Its Internet-Connected Fish Tank Thermometer…
Internet-connected technology, also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), is now part of daily life, with smart assistants like Siri and Alexa to cars, watches, toasters, fridges, thermostats, lights, and the list goes on and on. But of much greater concern, enterprises are unable to secure each and every device on their network, giving […]
CENSORED! How Online Media Companies Are Suppressing Conservative Speech…
Like it or not, social media is the communication form of the future — not just in the U.S., but worldwide. Just Facebook and Twitter combined reach 1.8 billion people. More than two-thirds of all Americans (68 percent) use Facebook. YouTube is pushing out TV as the most popular place to watch video. Google is […]
Facial Recognition Used to Catch Fugitive Among 60,000 Concert-Goers…
Its the ultimate music lover’s fantasy – being picked out of the audience by your idol at a huge rock concert for a fleeting moment of on-stage fame and adulation. But in China, you are more likely to be picked out by one of thousands of police surveillance cameras which link people to crimes through […]
Facebook User Engagement Data Goes From Bad to Worse…
Facebook user engagement was already starting to fall by the wayside and the company was already scrambling to figure out new methods for boosting its user engagement before it came under fire over the past month for the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Now, new data from Cowen’s monthly social engagement survey shows that activity continues to […]
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Liberals Announce Plan to Crush Normal Americans in a New “Civil War” (Spoiler: It’s Not a Great Plan)…
Tech titan Jack Dorsey of San Francisco-based social media platform Twitter applauded an article in something called Medium in which some other hipster CEO described how liberals intend to crush Normal Americans into serfdom in a bloodless “civil war.” Here it is. Ready? It will just sort of happen. Why? Because. Americans will simply decide […]
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Facebook Installed Dozens of Ex-Obama & Ex-Hillary Staffers in Senior Positions…
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, has been defending his company’s privacy and advertising practices to querying congressional members on Capitol Hill. But if you want to know why Facebook has an anti-conservative bias problem, you need look no further than the staffers at the company. Apparently, Facebook employs dozens of individuals with tight ties to […]
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Homeland Security to Compile Database of Journalists and ‘Media Influencers’…
The Department of Homeland Security wants to track the comings and goings of journalists, bloggers and other “media influencers” through a database. The DHS’s “Media Monitoring” plan, which was first reported by FedBizOpps.gov, would give the contracting company “24/7 access to a password protected, media influencer database, including journalists, editors, correspondents, social media influencers, bloggers […]
How to Delete Your Facebook Account (VIDEO)…
Facebook’s data privacy scandal has driven many to contemplate ditching the social network for good. WSJ’s Katherine Bindley explains how, and suggests some non-permanent alternatives…
Congress Releases Zuckerberg’s Prepared Testimony Ahead of Wednesday’s Hearing…
Congress has released Mark Zuckerberg’s prepared testimony ahead of a Wednesday hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It’s one of two Capitol Hill appearances for the Facebook founder and CEO this week. Zuckerberg is also scheduled to appear before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees Tuesday. Facebook is facing […]
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Top Officials at Backpage.com Indicted After Classifieds Site Taken Offline…
Seven top officials of the website Backpage.com, long accused of facilitating child sex trafficking, have been arrested after a grand jury in Phoenix issued a 93-count indictment alleging conspiracy and money laundering, and the government on Friday seized all of Backpage’s websites around the world. The indictment was unsealed Monday in Phoenix after all defendants […]
Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook…
I don’t use Facebook. I’m not technophobic — I’m a geek. I’ve been using email since the early 1990s, I have accounts on hundreds of services around the net, and I do software development and internet protocol design both for work and for fun. I believe that a globe-spanning communications network like the internet can […]
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Cybersecurity Fiasco: Interior Department Computers Trying to Talk to Russia…
Three years after Chinese hackers stole security clearance files and other sensitive personal information of some 22 million U.S. federal employees, cyber-defenses at the Department of Interior, which hosted White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM) servers targeted in the theft, were still unable to detect “some of the most basic threats” inside Interior’s computer […]
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Personally Delivers Petition for Assange to Ecuador’s D.C. Ambassador on Behalf of Intelligence Veterans…=
Earlier today, CIA whistleblower and member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) John Kiriakou personally delivered a letter to the Ecuadorian embassy in Washington, DC, which was addressed to Ecuadorian Ambassador, Francisco Jose Borja Cevallos. The document calls for the immediate restoration of communications for Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief Julian Assange. One week ago, Julian Assange’s […]
Homeland Security Finds Suspected Listening Devices in Washington…
For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages. The use of what are known as cellphone-site simulators by foreign powers has long been a concern, […]
Sandberg: Facebook Users Would Have to Pay to Opt Out of Sharing Data…
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says that while Facebook doesn’t sell or give away its users’ information (it just allows third party apps to do that), the company still “depends on your data,” and if users wanted to completely opt out of all of the platform’s data-driven advertising, they would have to pay for it. Sandberg […]
What Is Mark Zuckerberg Hiding? Facebook Secretly Deletes Some of Its Founders Private Messages Over Fears Sensitive Data May Be Leaked…
Facebook has deleted some of Mark Zuckerberg’s private messages over fears sensitive data could be leaked. Three sources claim old Facebook messages from Zuckerberg have disappeared from their inbox. The recipients were not notified – raising concerns about what the Facebook CEO could be hiding. Facebook claims the change was made after the 2014 Sony […]
Facebook Backs Off Its Creepy Plans to Secretly Access Private Medical Records…
Facebook has been in talks with high profile US hospitals in an attempt to obtain patient data about illnesses and prescriptions. The project was being led by a Stanford cardiologist called Freddy Abnousi who claims to lead ‘top-secret projects’ on his LinkedIn. The project aimed to build profiles of people that combined their medical conditions […]
3,000 Google Workers Sign Letter Demanding End Involvement with the Pentagon…
Revelations last month that Google was designing software for the US military’s illegal drone warfare program have sparked outrage among employees. More than 3,000 Google workers have signed a letter to executives demanding that it end its involvement with the Pentagon. The program, known as “Project Maven,” involves the use of artificial intelligence systems to […]