How did Facebook intercept competitor's encrypted mobile app traffic? (2024)(haxrob.net)

100 points by taubek 1 year ago | 37 comments

I broke AppLovin's mediation cipher protocol(buchodi.com)

18 points by lmbbuchodi 5 months ago | 3 comments

Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy(arstechnica.com)

439 points by edsimpson 2 years ago | 169 comments

Ars Technica article on a lawsuit alleging Facebook gave Netflix access to user DMs and wound down Facebook Watch streaming to keep Netflix's ad spending.

Beeper vs. Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation(androidauthority.com)

136 points by mendyberger 2 years ago | 227 comments

Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy(blog.cloudflare.com)

628 points by rolph 5 months ago | 355 comments

Cloudflare blog post announcing that AI agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, purchase domains, and deploy applications.

PcTattletale leaks victims' screen recordings to entire Internet(ericdaigle.ca)

154 points by nneonneo 2 years ago | 59 comments

Facebook has not been doing enough to comply with a 2020 privacy order: FTC(arstechnica.com)

464 points by isaacfrond 3 years ago | 265 comments

Ars Technica article on the FTC alleging Facebook violated its 2020 privacy order and proposing a ban on Meta monetizing data from minors.

Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case(cbsnews.com)

348 points by pseudolus 1 month ago | 94 comments

CBS News report that a New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections related to the Cambridge Analytica data breach.

EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram(dig.watch)

643 points by pbrw 3 years ago | 631 comments

Dig.watch news update reporting that the EU data protection regulator banned Meta's personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram, with possible fines up to 4% of turnover.

Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance(eff.org)

408 points by pseudolus 8 months ago | 122 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Matthew Guariglia arguing tech companies should not be pressured by government into conducting surveillance.

Mark Zuckerberg says social media is over(newyorker.com)

468 points by FinnLobsien 1 year ago | 801 comments

New Yorker column by Kyle Chayka on Mark Zuckerberg's testimony at Meta's antitrust trial arguing that social media platforms are no longer what they used to be.

Injunction issued in case about social media pressure from US Government(arstechnica.com)

360 points by cm_silva 3 years ago | 625 comments

Ars Technica article on a federal judge's preliminary injunction finding the White House pressured social networks to suppress speech, in a suit by Missouri and Louisiana.