According to a post by a Facebook Photos engineer, they receive around 200 million photo uploads per DAY, or about 6 billion per month. A separate post says Facebook currently hosts 4% of all photos ever taken. Specifically, it hosts 140 billion photos out of 3.5 trillion photos taken in history. Also, we see “it … More How much photo data does Facebook really have?
One third of the Irish enjoy holiday gloating while another third prefer secret holiday destinations With the holiday season nearly over we wanted to know how much of their holiday plans or activities do Irish reveal on social media. This security issue goes beyond announcing your house will be empty in a certain period and … More Irish holidaymakers expose themselves to dangers
Facebook recently launched a facial recognition feature that allows you and others to “tag” photos with your name. As has been the norm for Facebook, this “feature” is turned on by default and users must take their own initiative to limit, or turn it off. The implications are wide-ranging, so if you or anyone in … More Facebook Facial Recognition – A picture is worth a thousand words
This is an issue that recently came up when Facebook decided that they would start allowing third party developers to gather address and phone number information and share it with other people. It didn’t take long for more rational people to figure out that randomly giving out a 13 year old girl’s phone number was … More CyberThreats Daily: Facebook Retains Right to Exploit Minors
Facebook wants you to believe that you gave them your mobile phone number for security reasons and important notifications. The truth is that they wanted your phone number and your address to be able to share it more. The Huffington Post reports that Facebook is going to make your address and phone number available to … More CyberThreats Daily: Facebook Privacy – Not Even an Electron Microscope Can Find it
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