Source: Brady Gavin, HowToGeek.com, February 4, 2020 It’s no surprise that Facebook stores an immense amount of data about you. Some of that information comes directly from other companies you interact with online. Here’s how to see which companies upload your off-Facebook activity to the social network. Off-Facebook activity is information that businesses and organizations… Continue reading How to See What Companies Are Uploading Data About You to Facebook
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Facebook Bug Secretly Activates Your iPhone Camera As You Scroll The News Feed
Source: Dunja Djudjic, DIYPhotography.net, November 13, 2019 iPhone users have noticed a pretty worrying and creepy bug while using Facebook on their phones. It seems that the app was accessing the camera while they were watching videos or looking at photos on their News Feed. A number of users noticed a glitch and then discovered that… Continue reading Facebook Bug Secretly Activates Your iPhone Camera As You Scroll The News Feed
If You Use SMS 2FA on Facebook, Your Phone Number is Searchable
Source: Cameron Summerson, HowToGeek.com, March 4, 2019 Look, we love 2FA (two-factor authentication) and want everyone to use it. But SMS-based 2FA isn’t the best choice, and now it’s even worse on Facebook because once enabled, it allows people to find you using your phone number. Back in the day, anyone could jump on Facebook and… Continue reading If You Use SMS 2FA on Facebook, Your Phone Number is Searchable
Why won’t consumers listen?
Source: Robert Arnason, Producer.com, February 21, 2019 It happens at almost every farm meeting in Canada. Someone gets up from their chair, walks over to the podium and delivers a 30-minute talk about “the importance of social media.” The speaker typically uses words like “engagement” and then tells farmers how to use Twitter and Facebook to… Continue reading Why won’t consumers listen?
Facebook Fudges Your Password for Your Convenience
Source: Josh Hendrickson, HowToGeek.com, January 24, 2019 If you think the only correct version of your password is the exact capitalization and letter/symbol sequence you use, you may be in a shock. Facebook will accept slight variations of your password, for your convenience. And it’s perfectly safe. Facebook and other sites like it have a… Continue reading Facebook Fudges Your Password for Your Convenience
Ottawa to comb social media to see how Canadians really feel about cannabis
Source: Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press, September 21, 2018 OTTAWA — The federal government is looking to scour social-media platforms to find out what Canadians really think about pot as the country enters its new era of legalized weed. With only a few weeks to go before the end of recreational marijuana prohibition, Ottawa is seeking… Continue reading Ottawa to comb social media to see how Canadians really feel about cannabis
Trudeau, Harper, Singh lose thousands of followers as Twitter purges fake accounts
Source: Rachel Aiello, CTV News, July 13, 2018 OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, former prime minister Stephen Harper, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s follower accounts have all lost thousands of Twitter followers, as the social media giant moves to purge fake accounts. Twitter announced July 11 that it would be removing accounts that have been locked… Continue reading Trudeau, Harper, Singh lose thousands of followers as Twitter purges fake accounts
Facebook starts testing AR ads in the News Feed
Source: Makena Kelly, TheVerge.com, July 10, 2018 Try on a pair of sunglasses… on Facebook? Facebook ads will start feeling a little more like a virtual fitting room. The company announced today that it will begin implementing augmented reality ads into the News Feed. These AR ads are in the testing phase, and users in… Continue reading Facebook starts testing AR ads in the News Feed
Alta. convenience store inundated with visitors, calls following viral video
Source: CTV News, July 3, 2018 The owners of an Alberta convenience store are revelling in social media stardom after releasing security camera footage that showed a woman falling through their shop’s ceiling as she tried to evade arrest. “Everybody (is) trying to make excuses to come in the store,” Paul Chauhan, who owns the Reddi Mart… Continue reading Alta. convenience store inundated with visitors, calls following viral video
How To Recover Your Forgotten Facebook Password
Source: Brady Gavin, HowToGeek.com, June 18, 2018 If you don’t use a password manager, those complex passwords can be pretty hard to remember. If you’ve forgotten your Facebook password, you can’t really recover that same password, but it’s easy enough to recover your account by resetting your password to something new. Whether you’ve forgotten your Facebook… Continue reading How To Recover Your Forgotten Facebook Password