3-D printed rifles, Iran missile hacking, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c672ea42cbde374dceb08a7/master/pass/Security-Roundup-UighurMuslims-126330936.jpg
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Senators Grill Facebook, Google, and Apple Over Invasive Apps
Lawmakers want more information about Facebook’s Project Atlas program, which collected data from teens and sidestepped device makers’ privacy policies. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c5c8b6c5e06243dcb8e6354/master/pass/blumenthal_featured-1032848950.jpg
Businesses can now respond to Instagram messages from Facebook, starting in the U.S. and Brazil
It’s a small but important change as Facebook is trying to make it easier for businesses to toggle between the company’s various apps.Read More
Facebook is going to start awarding bonuses to employees who help the firm achieve ‘social good’
Facebook Facebook will start handing out employee bonuses if they help the firm achieve “social good.” Previously, employees’ contribution to company performance was scored on more measurable criteria, such as user growth. In Facebook’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg laid more of an emphasis on fixing pressing social issues than in previous years. Facebook is […]
Facebook Messenger Lets You Unsend Now. Why Doesn’t Every App?
Very few chat apps offer the unsend feature. As it turns out, that’s for a few very good, or at least understandable, reasons. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c5a2143e04ca02ca6a0297d/master/pass/First-Round-GIF.gif
Facebook bans 22 more pages linked to Alex Jones
Facebook on Tuesday began enforcing the new rules of its recently updated recidivism policy, which is why 22 pages linked to right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his website InfoWars are no longer there. “We use a broad set of signals to determine if a Page violates our recidivism policy and determined these Pages violated […]
A Facebook Crackdown, Amazon Facial Recognition, and More Security News This Week
Hackers use SS7 flaws to rob banks, Japan goes after IoT vulnerabilities, and more security news this week. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c54c0ed91cda934889d4c04/master/pass/GettyImages-498671632.jpg
Gadget Lab Podcast: Why Apple App-Slapped Facebook
Apple temporarily booted Facebook (and Google!) from its enterprise app program this week. You weren’t really surprised, were you? Plus: Details on Tesla’s new Model Y. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a99b6b03ea6d47cc8933f33/master/pass/FEATURED-WIRED-Gear-logo.jpg
Apple, Facebook spat is over, for now—iOS certificate access restored
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images) Days after Apple shut down Facebook’s developer certificate, disabling the company’s internal iOS apps, the two companies have now seemingly buried the hatchet. “We have had our Enterprise Certification, which enables our internal employee applications, restored,” Facebook said in a statement sent to Ars and other media outlets. “We are in […]
Facebook to pull controversial data-collection app for iOS
Hours after reports of a data-collection research app involving teens, Facebook says it will be discontinuing the app on the iOS platforn.Read More
