For years, Facebook’s sneakiest data-collector has been the “Like” button. Any site that wants Facebook traffic needs one, which means they’re just about everywhere. And in order to work right, the button needs to log you in — which is to say, it needs to know who you are. […] Click here to view original […]

CREDIT: Courtesy of Netflix Amazon and Netflix are set to return to the Television Critics Association press tour, with Facebook making its debut at the event TCA informed members last week that the digital services would participate in the upcoming summer press tour. Facebook is scheduled to present on […] Click here to view original […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook at the company’s WWDC 2018. Ever since Facebook’s (FB) massive Cambridge Analytica scandal broke , Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook has made no bones about his distaste for the social media giant’s mishandling of its users’ data. Now, Cook and company are taking their own […] Click here to view original […]

Social media giant Facebook signed data-sharing agreements with at least 60 device makers, including Apple , Amazon , BlackBerry , Microsoft and Samsung , allowing these companies access to the data of users and their friends without their explicit consent even after declaring that it would no longer share […] Click here to view original […]