- Facebook Bug Could Let Advertisers Get Your Phone Number https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-bug-could-let-advertisers-see-your-phone-number/ 3 comments technology
- Facebook, struggling to keep up its user engagement numbers, is getting aggressive with people who don’t log in often. Company is sending sketchy security email alerts, users say. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-31/facebook-really-wants-you-to-come-back 57 comments technology
- How did Facebook get my number? And why is it giving my name out to strangers? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/08/09/how-did-facebook-get-my-number-and-why-is-it-giving-my-name-out/ 8 comments privacy
- Get the number of times a URL has been retweeted or Liked on Facebook with JSON http://www.webmaster-source.com/2011/06/24/get-twitter-and-facebook-link-statistics-with-json-and-jquery/ 8 comments webdev
- Facebook Announces Its Fake Ad Numbers Are Going to Get Even Faker https://gizmodo.com/facebook-announces-its-fake-ad-numbers-are-going-to-get-1847886359 10 comments technology
- Found this really cool userscript that removes numbers from Facebook making you worry less about how many likes you get http://bengrosser.com/projects/facebook-demetricator/ 6 comments firefox
- A virus dubbed as "Koobface" is infiltrating Facebook's 120 million users by using the social network's messaging system to infect PCs, and get credit card numbers. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1604200/facebook_is_infected_with_koobface_virus/index.html 233 comments technology
- the Messenger app on iOS has been prompting users to enter their phone numbers every time it was being launched before being able to access messages. This dark pattern design is exploitative to non-tech people and shows how Facebook still needs and benefits from every bit of data it can get from you https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/d7u8fv/the_messenger_app_on_ios_has_been_prompting_users/ 7 comments privacy
- Paedophile vigilante groups destroy people's lives for Facebook likes, says UK police chief - ‘So many of these groups’ drivers are about seeking infamy through the number of hits they get, the number of likes they get,’ says head of child protection at National Police Chiefs’ Council https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/paedophile-vigilante-hunter-police-child-sexual-abuse-simon-bailey-a8908111.html 149 comments worldnews