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Facebook Posts Can Diagnose Your Illness Faster Than Doctors

A new research, conducted by Penn Medicine and Stony Brook University, has revealed that your social media posts can be used for diagnosing illnesses faster than a clinical diagnosis. The research has concluded that people use words and dialects in posts shared on social media that point to conditions such as diabetes, depression, anxiety, and […]

1.5M Users’ Contacts Uploaded By Facebook Without Their Consent

As part of its habit (which seems to die hard), Facebook has been found uploading contact details of around 1.5 million users without their knowledge while it asked users of his or her email passwords. The new revelation suggests that since 2016, Facebook has been “unintentionally” accumulating users’ contacts, and uploading them onto the platform when […]

Facebook Portal Can Collect Your Data For Displaying Targeted Ads

When Facebook launched Portal — a handsfree video calling device — to compete with Amazon Alexa and Google Home Hub, there was a hullabaloo regarding the privacy and collection of data by the device. Given Facebook’s reputation in handling users’ data and recent cases of breach, everybody thought that it is a dumb move by […]

How To Download All Facebook Data To Find Out Everything It Knows About You?

Time has come when many people are having a sudden self-intervention that they should delete their Facebook account forever. First, it was the Cambridge Analytica debacle and then the company’s habit of collecting Android user’s data for years. For many people, this might be enough motivation to quit Facebook. But is it that easy? Especially, when you […]