Tag: social media forensics

N.J. going after ‘sextortion’ as parents sound alarm on predators who target minors on social media

Long gone are the times when law enforcement would simply warn parents of dangerous people on the street. From online video games to every other app that connects to the world, people on the hunt to sextort victims lurk under bogus usernames and identities. […]

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Facebook Launches New Video Series, Hosted by Post Malone, Exclusively on Messenger and Instagram

Facebook has announced the launch of a new video series, hosted by Post Malone, which it will make exclusively available on Messenger and Instagram via the Watch Together option, which it rolled out back in September. […]

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TikTok found to have tracked Android users’ MAC addresses until late last year

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Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for tracking Android users via the MAC address of their device, which skirted Google’s policies and did not allow users to opt out. […]

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