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Facebook accounts are notorious for being hacked, either through poor passwords or phishing scams. So to help keep its users safe, the social network has announced that it will soon start sending banner notifications to anyone whose account may have been compromised by the government or if Facebook suspects someone is trying to hack into […]
Short Bytes: To make your favorite social network more secure, Facebook is now sending out notifications to the compromised accounts. Facebook mentions that government-sponsored attacks are more sophisticated and suggests to turn the 2-step login method. Did you recently suspect some suspicious activity on your Facebook account? Well, many of you would be aware of […]
Facebook will now detect when state hackers are trying to hijack accounts, and alert users when it happens Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, has announced a new system put in place at the social network, which will send an alert to users when the company is detecting account hijacking attempts from known state-sponsored […]
Facebook is a great platform for those who are looking for new friends, finding old ones or to promote their business. In fact, Facebook drives more traffic on websites than Google but did you know using Facebook can also create a lot of problems at work or invade your privacy and let’s not forget stalkers keeping track of things you […]
Short Byte: In a bizarre incident, Facebook users are reportedly seeing increasing friend suggestions of the people they have dated before through Tinder. Is it six-degree separation or mere intrusion? In the 21st century, striving for privacy is a mind-numbing struggle. As much as fossBytes along with several international privacy and security-concerned platforms has stressed […]
For a Facebook marketer, the most important statistic is how many people have viewed their post and although Facebook provides details regarding how many people the post had reached, it does not highlight how many people have viewed the post. However, a recent bug on Facebook’s mobile website allowed users to see how many times […]
Social media sites are storehouses of people who are easily duped into believing almost anything which is posted and some proof of this is another circulating ‘shocking footage’ video link that has once again taken over Facebook. The video link, like many others, shows a particularly distressful image of an African woman with the caption […]
A man is now in jail for having been part of a video that showed him abusing two dogs in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The video was uploaded on Facebook by another individual who retrieved the video from the girlfriend of the man in the video, now identified as Nicholas Snowden. The video shows Snowden […]
On Tuesday, Facebook announced that tests are being conducted which will allow users to change their static profile pic to a 7-sec video clip. Facebook is now introducing 5 changes to user profiles that will help make the social networking website more attractive and interactive. This change is to stay ahead in the ‘graphics’ competition as Twitter’s auto-play video (just like Facebook’s) and Snapchat’s […]
Last week, news spread across the web (appearing in newsfeeds of many users) that Facebook is about to assign a fee for every user who wishes to keep their profile private. This is just a hoax! Many variations of the hoax have been passed around stating that users have to copy and paste a specific […]
Most of us have heard of ‘stranger danger’ and most of us have been educated as children or have educated children about the dangers of speaking to strangers – but how many actually make the effort to educate about the dangers of strangers online? Perhaps children being online while they are at home or at […]
Facebook has finally improved its AI mechanism and unveiled its personal digital assistant that enhances your video watching experience tremendously. According to Facebook’s Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR pdf) computer vision team head Rob Fergus, an image recognition program for videos uploaded on Facebook is under development. This program won’t just monitor but explain whatever is happening […]
In June this year, we reported how Facebook was sued by Belgium’s Privacy Commission (BPC) for tracking users even those who never made a profile on the social media site. Now, Frederic Debussere (representative of the Belgian Privacy Commission/BPC) in his opening arguments on Monday, referred to Edward Snowden, the famous NSA whistleblower, while revealing the […]
New Dislike button scam has started to make rounds on the Facebook, one of the most popular and widely used social media networks. This scam is expected to spread far and wide because of its nature and how the Facebook users are anxiously waiting to get their hands on the dislike button. For those readers […]
The Internet and primarily Social Media has catapulted Ahmed Mohammed into an overnight celebrity. Ahmed, a 14-year-old Muslim schoolboy from Texas was suspended from his school after being arrested for making a homemade clock which he brought into the school. Ahmed, a member of the school’s Robotics club, dabbled in electronics as a hobby and […]
The social media has lately been criticized greatly for reacting leisurely in eliminating racist images/ comments and xenophobic posts from the site, but facebook vows to combat hateful speech about refugees more vigilantly, As per sources at Facebook, the social network team has decided to work with the German authorities to counter and combat hate […]
Facebook users with a large number of friends having different characteristics could be at risk of being harmed psychologically, emotionally and even physically, a recent study by a social sciences student of Nottingham Trent University reveals. The study further reveals that people having accounts on various social networks and have a large number of connections are more […]
Are you also one of those like me who has always believed Facebook needed a Dislike button? If yes, then there is a solid reason to rejoice now since Facebook will be adding a Thumbs Down button to show disapproval for posts that you don’t like in your feed. The news was officially announced by […]
In a Q&A session, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will offer more choices than merely “like.” He also discusses virtual reality, artificial intelligence and his feelings about becoming a dad. Don’t like something on Facebook? Soon, there’ll be a button for that. The social-networking giant will test a new button that will expand the range […]
Father of Vulnerable Minor Daughter exposed to Sexual Predators on Facebook gets paid an Undisclosed Amount. Facebook was forced to enforce its age restriction policy by a father who claims that his daughter got exposed to online sexual predators on this site at the tender age of 11. Facebook has also managed to settle a […]
Get Mark Zuckerberg Displayed simply by typing @[4:0] as a Facebook Comment — This isn’t a hacking related issue so no need to be on high alert! A post has currently been circulating on Facebook that says by entering @[4:0] as a comment you can check whether your Facebook profile has been hacked or not. According to this post, if the […]