Facebook is denying that a recent content moderation glitch has anything to do with workforce issues, but blames automatic systems.

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The app says it will notify you of coronavirus cases… but in fact it locks up your phone and sextorts you for money at the same time

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Virtualisation company VMware patched two bugs this week that affected a large proportion of its client-side virtual machines.

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Real-time, in-trip geolocation data isn’t good for traffic/bike lane planning, a draft of the suit says. What it’s good for is surveillance.

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It coincided with a disinformation campaign carried out via SMS, email and social media claiming that national quarantine was imminent.

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Posts about money or family trouble are being used to gain trust by those who force victims into sex work or slavery, the FBI warns.

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Slack has fixed a bug that allowed attackers to hijack user accounts by tampering with their HTTP sessions.

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The Tor browser has a bug that could allow JavaScript to execute on websites even when users think they’ve disabled it for maximum anonymity.

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Good news for website admins: the ability to automatically update plugins and themes is being beta-tested for WordPress 5.5, due in August.

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What a nightmare: your phone goes dead, and you can’t log into your bank account because it’s controlled by a hacker who’s draining you dry.

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