Social Media and its influence

Twitter users are turning to the long-established federated community system known as Mastodon as the Musk era brings chaos to the 'bird site' social network. But how can you best secure a Mastodon account?

As even more employees leave Twitter following Elon Musk's 48 hours to quit ultimatum, and previously banned accounts return, the social network could be facing it's most perilous weeks since going into private ownership. For many Twitter users, the escape route to another network is coming via Mastodon. The Twitter infosec community is already establishing a healthy Mastodon presence, but many non-infosec users are asking how secure the federated community network is.

Is Mastodon a secure social network?

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Mark Zuckerbergs Facebook Inc. möchte bei zukünftigen Produkten unabhängig von Googles Android werden. Daher lässt man für künftige Hardware im Augmented Reality-Bereich (AR) vorsorglich ein eigenes Betriebssystem entwickeln. Das berichtet die US-Seite The Information unter Berufung auf Facebooks Unternehmenssprecher. Das könnte sich auf neuere Modelle der Oculus- oder künftige Augmented-Reality-Brillen beziehen, wo Facebook auch neue Hardware auf Silicon-on-Chip entwickelt.

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C’est officiel, les chercheurs de Trustwave ont développé un logiciel open source appelé Social Mapper. Ce nouvel outil de reconnaissance faciale permet, non pas de voter à l’aide d’un smartphone, mais de retrouver des individus sur les réseaux sociaux à partir d’un nom et d’une image.

Quel est l’intérêt d’un outil de reconnaissance faciale qui traque les profils sur les réseaux sociaux ?
À la base, l’outil de reconnaissance faciale a été conçu pour assister les ingénieurs en cybersécurité dans leurs travaux d’investigation. En effet, alors que ce type de recherche peut déjà être réalisé manuellement, l’arrivée d’un processus automatisé est une véritable révolution. Cela signifie que des requêtes pourront être exécutées beaucoup plus rapidement, mais surtout pour plusieurs personnes à la fois. En effet, Social Mapper est capable de localiser automatiquement des profils utilisateurs sur Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn ainsi que d’autres réseaux.

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Mit WhatsApp Business soll es in Zukunft eine WhatsApp-Version speziell für Unternehmen geben. Bei einer im Play Store aufgetauchten Version davon handelt es sich allerdings um eine Fälschung.

As the saying goes: “if you aren’t being sold, you are the product.” Nowhere is this more true than on Facebook. The social network boasts nearly two billion users, and offers a staggering amount of free content that keeps most of us engaged hours each day. And in the future, it’s looking to further that …

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Twitter reported $548 million in revenue over the last three months compared to the $511.9 million that was expected by Wall Street. They beat expectations by more than $36 million.

Even more impressively, for Twitter, the company added 9 million monthly active users over the quarter. That's 7 million more than expected. The site broke out its growth in the United States, emphasizing that it added 3 million users in its home country.

Beyond financials and user growth, Twitter reported that it's solving one of its major problems: abuse on the platform. 

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Ahead of its Q1 earnings call this week, Twitter told BuzzFeed News that it plans to stream live video nonstop across its platform, making it easier for people to tune into what people are talking about.

There isn’t yet a set timeline for the rollout of its ‘ambient video’ programming; Twitter COO and CFO Anthony Noto told BuzzFeed News:

We will definitely have 24/7 (video) content on Twitter. Our goal is to be a dependable place so that when you want to see what’s happening, you think of going to Twitter.

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Despite implementing end-to-end encryption last year, new report suggests your WhatsApp messages might not be as secure as you think.

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Facebook on Wednesday launched a new program aimed at establishing stronger ties with the media.

As part of its new Journalism Project, Facebook will be "collaborating with news organizations to develop products, learning from journalists about ways we can be a better partner, and working with publishers and educators on how we can equip people with the knowledge they need to be informed readers in the digital age," Director of Product Fidji Simo wrote in a blog post.

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Twitter has released a new version of its Safety and Privacy guide as part of its ongoing efforts to combat on-platform harassment and abuse.

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In April of this year, we registered some mass attacks on Facebook users in Russia. As a result, many Russian-speaking users of the social network fell victim.

The attackers use a compromised Facebook account to post a link to an adult video that is supposedly on the popular YouTube service. In order to attract potential victims, “likes” are added from the account holder’s list of friends. The fraudsters rely on the user or their friends being curious and those who would like to watch an “18+” video.

We strongly recommend not clicking such links and not installing suspicious browser extensions. It’s also worth checking if any suspicious extensions have already been installed. If any are discovered, they should be immediately removed via the browser settings, and the passwords for sites that are visited most often, especially online banking, should be changed.

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Twitter has a had a few years of slow growth, but with some recent successes under its belt, it looks like there are a few bidders for an acquisition. A report by CNBC indicates that Google and Salesforce are among the top suitors looking to buy Twitter. Other ‘top tech companies’ are also looking into …

Application : Si vous voulez que vos messages disparaissent, vous devrez les supprimer vous-mêmes. C'est la décision finalement adoptée par Google avec son appli Allo, qui assure que celle-ci gagne ainsi en pertinence. Mais votre vie privée est la contrepartie.

Texas attorney general sues Meta for its use of biometric data
The AG seeks hundreds of billions in civil penalties from Meta, charging that the social media giant violated privacy and consumer protection laws in Texas.

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Facebook wants to remove its dependency on Google and Android for its own hardware products like its Oculus headsets and augmented reality technology, so the company is making its own operating system.  

Facebook's VP of hardware, Andrew Bosworth, told the publication that Facebook doesn't trust that rivals will ensure there's space for Facebook in future, which social media giant is betting will be based around virtual realty and augmented reality.

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Using a tool that Facebook offers its users, our columnist found out more than he wanted to know about the social network, the ad industry and himself.

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Le réseau social est une nouvelle fois utilisé pour diffuser un phishing dont le but est de récupérer les identifiants de votre compte.

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Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter konnte im ersten Jahresquartal neun Millionen Nutzer hinzugewinnen. Dafür sanken die Umsätze und für schwarze Zahlen reichte es mal wieder nicht.

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This is how Facebook's social networking works in virtual reality.

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Ein Sicherheitsforscher hat eine Hintertür in WhatsApp gefunden, die es Facebook erlaubt, alle von Nutzern versendeten Nachrichten zu lesen - entgegen der Behauptung Facebooks, dass genau das unmöglich sei. Die Verschlüsselung von WhatsApp wäre damit plötzlich nichts mehr wert.

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Twitter hopes to curb harassment once and for all by giving users the ability to filter keywords and hashtags...

OVER THE NEXT few days, Twitter will add new features intended to help curb abuse on the platform. Users will be able filter out certain keywords, phrases, user names, and hashtags in their mentions, Twitter says. You’ll also have the option to mute threads. The company is also revamping its abuse reporting system so that bystanders can report harassment and hate speech directly rather than leaving that option solely to the person on the receiving end.

And it’s about time.

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Eine überraschende Verwaltungsanordnung des Hamburger Datenschutzbeauftragten Johannes Caspar bringt den Datenaustausch von Whatsapp zu Facebook zum Erliegen.

Damit hatte wohl niemand gerechnet – durch eine Verwaltungsanordnung hat der Hamburger Beauftragte für Datenschutz Johannes Caspar Facebook untersagt, Daten von deutschen Whatsapp-Nutzern zu ermitteln oder diese zu speichern. Diese Verwaltungsanordnung aus Hamburg gilt in Deutschland für Facebook deshalb, weil der Konzern seinen Firmensitz in der Hansestadt betreibt. Sie gilt ab sofort, Facebook muss sogar bereits übermittelte Daten löschen, wie Tagesschau.de berichtet.

Whatsapp, das von Facebook vor zwei Jahren für 20 Milliarden US-Dollar erworben worden war, hatte damals seinen Nutzern versprochen, seine Daten nicht mit Facebook auszutauschen. Nun aber erklärte Whatsapp, insbesondere Telefonnummern aus den Adressbüchern der Nutzer an Facebook weiterzugeben, damit das soziale Netzwerk besser Freunde vorschlagen und passendere Werbung anzeigen könne – Macwelt.de berichtete .

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This should save Google some headaches: Allo messages will be accessible to law enforcement with warrants, unlike with apps like WhatsApp.

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