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Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Class Action Case Over Facial Recognition

Threatpost

The settlement in a case over the social network’s Tag Suggestions feature is the latest financial blow the company has taken over its handling of user privacy.

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LOCKING THE BACK DOOR (Pt. 4 of “Why Don’t You Go Dox Yourself?”)

Cisco Security

A well-known example of this data-harvesting method is the Cambridge Analytica story, where installing a social media app opened up access to much more information than users realized. Some email services like Gmail even allow you to create task-specific versions of your email address using a “ email+tag@gmail.com ” format.