Hacker News
- Facebook security keeps a detailed 'lookout' list of threats, including users and ex-employees, and can track their location. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/facebooks-security-team-tracks-posts-location-for-bolo-threat-list.html 19 comments technology
- vBulletin changed their pricing policy recently. That change means that many people will have to pay 500% MORE (or, in some cases, even more!!) to keep their forums safe and secure. A user revolt is in progress. http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=47 19 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
- A large growing number of users on unsupported Macs are installing macOS 10.14 Mojave with closed source patches of unknown content, while asking the author to keep the patches "secure" by not open sourcing them as they may "get into the wrong hands" https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-14-mojave-on-unsupported-macs-thread.2121473/page-326#post-26585822 39 comments programming
- Facebook Inc cannot challenge search warrants New York prosecutors used to get information from its site on hundreds of users suspected of Social Security fraud, a state appeals court said on Tuesday, in a decision likely making it harder for New Yorkers to keep their digital lives private. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/21/us-facebook-privacy-warrants-iduskcn0pv27d20150721?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 3 comments technology