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The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying.

Schneier on Security

And governments like China could censor social media posts based on particular words or phrases, but that was coarse and easy to bypass. Ask it to search through millions of conversations and organize them by topic, and it’ll do that. Surveillance facilitates social control, and spying will only make this worse.

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Using social media as a tool to share knowledge on day-to-day Cybersecurity risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

When most people think about social media and cybersecurity, they typically think about hackers taking over Instagram accounts or Facebook Messenger scammers taking private information. The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2022 Consumer Impact Report revealed that social media account takeovers have grown by 1,000% in one year.

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AI and Mass Spying

Schneier on Security

And governments like China could censor social media posts based on particular words or phrases, but that was coarse and easy to bypass. Ask it to search through millions of conversations and organize them by topic, and it’ll do that. Surveillance facilitates social control, and spying will only make this worse.

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TikTok safety for schools: K-12 best practices

Security Boulevard

Social media is a hot topic in the K-12 school system. Now, with the rise of TikTok, educators have an entirely new mess on their hands. With major data privacy and security implications, understanding TikTok is key to protecting your students.

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Cybersecurity Event Cancelled After Being Hit By Cybercriminals

Joseph Steinberg

An online cybersecurity event with 2,500 people already logged in had to be cancelled after suspected cybercriminals launched a social engineering attack in the event’s chat window.

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Facebook Launches 'Privacy Center' to Educate Users on Data Collection and Privacy Options

The Hacker News

Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, on Friday announced the launch of a centralized Privacy Center that aims to "educate people" about its approach with regards to how it collects and processes personal information across its family of social media apps.

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Safer Internet Day, or why Brad Pitt needed an internet bodyguard

Malwarebytes

When I was asked to write about the topic, I misunderstood the question and heard: “can you cover save the internet” and we all agreed that it might be too late for that. There were no social media sites to speak of, companies were selling antivirus and anti-Trojan solutions, but nobody cared about adware, PUPs, and assorted nuisances.