Tag: Links
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Instagram Patches Privacy Flaw
Instagram was recently revealed to have a small flaw in its procedures which allowed seemingly private photos to be viewed by those with a link to the photos as they are hosted on Instagram servers. The company responded by patching the error and making sure it never would happen again. However, a lack of in…
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Mac Users Under Attack By ‘Reddit’ Botnet
Whilst Apple fans have always maintained Apple’s desktop computing platform has always been more virus secure than other computer brands, viruses for Mac still exist and are still out there. A recent revelation has uncovered a brand new treat to Macs that bizarrely uses Reddit to coordinate attacks on host machines. Security boffins from Dr.…
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Google Restores Right to be Forgotten Links After Media Outcry
The BBC is reporting that Google is much more reluctant to remove links under the EU ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling than previously thought, even going as far as reinstating as many links as they possibly can, but only after users apply pressure. Articles from notable news outlets, such as The Guardian, were removed from…
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Google Allowing EU Residents to be ‘Forgotten’ by Search Results
If you’ve ever had pictures of a rough night out posted on Facebook, or in a more extreme example, have ever been the target of a Daily Mail witch hunt, then this news will surely pique your interest – Google is now allowing you to plaintively request that their search engine no longer displays content…
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Facebook cleans up after recent spam attack
Complaints from over 800-million users has prompted Facebook to take a serious look at its defences against spam after a recent wave of inappropriate images appeared on the social network over the past week. The weak safety and security defences meant that children as young as 13 (Facebook’s minimum age requirement) were privy to pornography…
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Facebook adds malicious link scanning and racism blocking to social net safety
Facebook will be doubling it’s fight on unpleasant attacks on our accounts and gadget health, with it’s Web of Trust scheme by implementing a link scanning system through a partnership with San Diego based web safety co. Websense. With it becoming ever-more easy to share content socially and friend clicking each other’s shared links numerous…
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Google Maps integrates London Underground public transport directions!
Google has today announced and launched the latest mapping update for its Google Maps service, specifically for people in the UK as it has launched new public transport directions for London within Google Maps. The London transport system has over 1 billion passengers serviced by Transport for London (TfL) every year across over 18,000 bus stops…