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Facebook says it logged phone call and SMS metadata via opt-in features on Messenger, Facebook Lite; some say they never installed those apps or gave permission — Maybe check your data archive to see if Facebook's algorithms know who you called. — This past week, a New Zealand man …
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| BBC: |
Facebook took out full-page ads, signed by Mark Zuckerberg, in several major US and UK newspapers on Sunday to apologize for Cambridge Analytica data leak — Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken out full-page adverts in several UK and US Sunday newspapers to apologise for the firm's recent data privacy scandal.
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| Ian Bogost / The Atlantic: |
How every Facebook app in 2010 collected users' personal data, what devs could do with it, and why Facebook can't close the Pandora's box it opened a decade ago — For a spell during 2010 and 2011, I was a virtual rancher of clickable cattle on Facebook. — It feels like a long time ago.
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| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
By claiming that Facebook was not aware of a widespread misuse of user data by outside developers, Mark Zuckerberg sends a message that he thinks we are idiots — Surprise: Thanks to the Cambridge Analytica revelations, we're finding out that Facebook allowed a much broader and deeper prostitution …
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| Bloomberg: |
Grab to acquire all of Uber's operations in Southeast Asia, including UberEats; Uber gets 27.5% stake in Grab, and Uber CEO will join Grab's board — Grab to buy ride-sharing, food delivery businesses in region — Uber gets 27.5% stake in rival, CEO to join Grab's board
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber CEO says they spent $700M in Southeast Asia before deal with Grab; source: Uber feels confident enough in India and Middle East to not retreat from there — As part of the deal, Uber will get a 27.5 percent stake in the company and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will join the Grab board.
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| Cyberscoop: |
Sources: Kaspersky's Slingshot malware report exposed counterterrorism cyber-espionage operation led by US Joint Special Operations Command — The U.S. government and Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky Lab are currently in the throes of a nasty legal fight that comes on top of a long-running feud …
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
South Korea fines Facebook ~$370K for slowing user internet connections to its sites by rerouting through Hong Kong and US instead of using local ISPs — More bad news for Facebook — South Korea's telecom authority is fining Facebook 396 million won (approximately $369,705) …
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| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Anonymous sources say US law enforcement is routinely unlocking iPhones with dead victims' fingerprints sans search warrant, a practice that is entirely legal — In November 2016, around seven hours after Abdul Razak Ali Artan had mowed down a group of people in his car …
Tweets: @chrismessina
| Garett Sloane / Ad Age: |
Sources: HQ Trivia landed a $3M deal to promote three Warner Bros. movies, starting with Ready Player One, will announce $250K jackpot with sponsorship tie-in — The popular live game show app HQ Trivia has bagged its first sponsor in Warner Bros., which will lead to the biggest prize pool players …
Tweets: @ischafer and @nickstatt
| Drew Cloud / The Student Loan Report: |
A survey of 1000 college students with student loan debt found that 21.2% of them have used financial aid money to buy cryptocurrency — In a recent survey conducted by The Student Loan Report, we found that 21.2 percent of current college students with student loan debt have used financial aid money … | Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
A look at what happens when algorithms used to automate health assessments in Arkansas start cutting essential state-sponsored home care for disabled patients — Illustrations by William Joel; Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales — For most of her life, Tammy Dobbs, who has cerebral palsy …
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