Daily Archives: January 30, 2020

On the same day that a Mississippi family is suing Amazon -owned smart camera maker Ring for not doing enough to prevent hackers from spying on their kids, the company has rolled out its previously announced “control center,” which it hopes will make you forget about its verifiably “awful” security practices. In a blog post […]

Ring’s new security ‘control center’ isn’t nearly enough

This entry was posted in Amazon Gadgets hardware privacy Security on January 30, 2020 by Zack Whittaker

Six-second video loops are finally back, but this time it has to compete with TikTok.

To Survive, Byte Needs to Win Over Creators Where Vine ...

This entry was posted in Gear on January 30, 2020 by Louise Matsakis

A social media boosting startup, which bills itself as a service to increase increase a user’s Instagram followers, has exposed thousands of Instagram account passwords. The company, Social Captain, says it helps thousands of users to grow their Instagram follower counts by connecting their accounts to its platform. Users are asked to enter their Instagram […]

Social media boosting service exposed thousands of Instagram passwords

This entry was posted in Apps photo sharing Security Social and tagged facebook instagram social media on January 30, 2020 by Zack Whittaker

The European parliament has voted overwhelmingly for tougher action to reduce e-waste, calling for the Commission to come up with beefed up rules by July 2020. Specifically, the parliament wants the Commission to adopt the delegated act foreseen in the 2014 Radio Equipment Directive by that deadline — or else table a legislative measure by the […]