Twitter ends free SMS 2FA: Here’s how you can protect your account nowNew!!
Twitter’s ditching of free text-message authentication doesn’t mean that you should forgo using 2FA. Instead, switch to another – and, indeed, better – 2FA option. The post Twitter ends free SMS 2FA: Here’s how you can protect your account now appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security Threats
Chinese company ByteDance faces growing concerns from governments and regulators that its user data from its popular short video-sharing app TikTok could be handed over to the Chinese government. The concern is...
Social Media Enables Social Engineering Scams
The more one uses and shares on social media, the more information is publicly available for cyber attackers to use to exploit users’ personal and professional information. It is hard for...
Mastodon vs. Twitter: Know the differences
Looking for an alternative to Twitter and thinking about joining the folks flocking to Mastodon? Here’s how the two platforms compare to each other. The post Mastodon vs. Twitter: Know the differences appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
SEC Charges Social Media Influencers with Stock Manipulation and Warns Investors
The Justice Department and the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) have charged eight men of using their social media clout to manipulate investors in a stock pump-and-dump scheme [view related]. The...
UK Law May Create ‘Duty of Care’ for Social Media Companies
The UK is reportedly considering legislation that would impose a ‘duty of care’ on social media companies to regulate harmful content on their platforms. This push for an online safety bill...
Privacy Tip #351 – Stay Safe While Using Social Media
The Federal Trade Commission has estimated that 25 percent of social media users have been individually targeted by scammers, with losses totaling more than $770 million. Although the use of social...
Facebook Is Removing Some Sensitive Information from Public Profiles
Starting December 1, Facebook reportedly will remove several biographic details from user profiles, including “Religious views,” “Political views,” “Interested in” (indicating the user’s sexual orientation), and “Address.” Many state privacy laws,...
A step‑by‑step guide to enjoy LinkedIn safely
LinkedIn privacy settings are just as overwhelming as any other social media settings. There’s a lot of menus, a lot buttons to enable, select, accept or reject. To make sure you have control over your information we bring you a step-by-step guide on how to enjoy LinkedIn safely. The post A step‑by‑step guide to enjoy […]
The FCC Wants You to Delete TikTok
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr asserted that TikTok poses an “unacceptable national security risk” in a letter to the CEOs of Google and Apple urging the companies to remove the app from...