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Selfies for kids – A guide for parents

Selfies for kids – A guide for parents

Selfies for kids – A guide for parents

Are you – and especially your children – aware of the risks that may come with sharing selfies?

Tomáš Foltýn • 11 Sep 2019


How your Instagram account could have been hacked

How your Instagram account could have been hacked

How your Instagram account could have been hacked

A researcher found that it was possible to subvert the platform’s password recovery mechanism and take control of user accounts

Tomáš Foltýn • 16 Jul 2019


Instagram tests new ways to recover hacked accounts

Instagram tests new ways to recover hacked accounts

Instagram tests new ways to recover hacked accounts

Locked out and out of luck? The photo-sharing platform is trialing new methods to reunite you with your lost account

Tomáš Foltýn • 18 Jun 2019


540 million records on Facebook users exposed by third-party apps

540 million records on Facebook users exposed by third-party apps

540 million records on Facebook users exposed by third-party apps

The databases, sitting unprotected on cloud servers, contained reams of information amassed by two apps integrated with the social network

Tomáš Foltýn • 04 Apr 2019


Facebook exposed millions of user passwords to employees

Facebook exposed millions of user passwords to employees

Facebook exposed millions of user passwords to employees

The social network says that the passwords were never exposed externally and that it found no abuse of the glitch

Tomáš Foltýn • 22 Mar 2019


Facebook suffer most severe outage ever

Facebook suffer most severe outage ever

Facebook suffer most severe outage ever

Facebook owned Instagram and WhatsApp also affected by unexplained interruption

Shane Curtis • 14 Mar 2019


Instagram expands 2FA and account verification

Instagram expands 2FA and account verification

Instagram expands 2FA and account verification

The move is part of a three-pronged plan that is intended to bolster user trust and safety on the photo-sharing platform

Tomáš Foltýn • 30 Aug 2018


How (over)sharing on social media can trip you up

How (over)sharing on social media can trip you up

How (over)sharing on social media can trip you up

Profuse recounting of details from your life via social media may come at a price

Tomáš Foltýn • 29 Jun 2018


Twitter bots, disassemble

Twitter bots, disassemble

Twitter bots, disassemble

Social media giants announce new measures to tackle bots and abusers

Shane Curtis • 28 Jun 2018