Tag: Facebook

Phones Open to Attack through WhatsApp Flaw

Meanwhile, another flaw from the Facebook universe. While it appears it’s not immediately related to data leakage, it gives great potential to 3rd parties, though. On the upside, nobody will attribute it to Facebook this time.

It’s a good opportunity to point out and recommend the alternatives to Whatsapp, in particular Signal and Threema.

A WhatsApp vulnerability left Android and iOS devices open to attack from sophisticated surveillance software. The Facebook-owned company said it hasn’t yet been able to determine how many people were impacted, and told users to ensure they’re running the latest version of the app.

Source: WhatsApp Flaw Left Phones Open to Attack From Sophisticated Spyware | Digital Trends

May 14, 2019
IntelliCode for AI-assisted now available

Microsoft trained an AI with Github projects that have more than 100 stars on them. The AI is supposed to help coding. And it is available now. AI is not yet there to take a programmers job, but Facebook took similar approaches to speed up development. Be afraid, coding people.

Symbolbild (Techcrunch)

IntelliCode, Microsoft’s tool for AI-assisted coding, is now generally available. It supports C# and XAML in Visual Studio and Java, JavaScript, TypeScript and Python in Visual Studio Code. By default, it is now also included in Visual Studio 2019, starting with the second preview of version 16.1, which the company also announced that. IntelliCode is […]

Source: Microsoft’s IntelliCode for AI-assisted coding comes out of preview | TechCrunch

May 6, 2019
Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa

Facebook had a rough 2018 and 2019 didn’t really start too well either, when Instagram leaked passwords. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Alexa had it’s own scandal when it turned out that not machines but humans listened to their customers commands. With all of this combined, it doesn’t sound like a great idea to offer more surface for these kind of events. Still, Facebook seems to plan to release a voice assistant of its own.

There’s no indication that it will extend outside Facebook’s own hardware—yet.

Source: Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa, Google Assistant | Ars Technica

April 19, 2019
Facebook’s Charme Offensive

Sieht so aus als ob Facebook nicht groß was an dem Umgang mit Privacy ändern will. Stattdessen werden Kritiker von dem Konzern eingekauft. Man wird nicht damit rechnen können, dass sich da von innen heraus was verändern wird. Gerade nachdem erst einmal angekündigt wurde, noch mehr Daten zu sammeln.

January 30, 2019
Facebook exodus: 44 percent of American users ages 18-29 have deleted app

Facebook turns into myspace. Was about time, in particular after the recent incident with Cambridge Analytica. Now if only adults would stop moving there, too.

Overall, 24 percent of U.S. users have deleted the app while 42 percent have taken a break of several weeks or more.

Source: Facebook exodus: 44 percent of American users ages 18-29 have deleted app

September 10, 2018
How the Internet really works

I tiny intro to the most important technology in the worlds history.

https://www.facebook.com/Ballybegpostofficeandgeneralconveniencestore/videos/845703122288697/

August 3, 2018
Haskell and the Future of Coding

Haskell is a 25-year-old programming language that isn’t all that popular. But Facebook uses it, and that’s a sign of things to come.

Wow. Not for a single day in the past 18 years did I even remotely think Haskell had a future. Even more with fancy hipster languages like, Ruby (not so much anymore), Scala, Groove, Erlang or even Clojure showing up, in commercial environments. Facebook is proving me wrong.

via: Facebook’s New Spam-Killer Hints at the Future of Coding | WIRED

September 5, 2015
Facebooks To Kill Flash

Facebook’s new chief security officer, Alex Stamos, has stated publicly that he wants to see Adobe end Flash.

Most of the internet will consider this a good idea. Not too sure about the Facebook bunch yet.

via: Slashdot

July 14, 2015
Kommunikation: Warum die E-Mail einfach nicht sterben will

Email soll endlich sterben. Tut Sie aber nicht. Sogar Facebook, Twitter und Instagram (und nicht nur die!) weisen darauf hin, was so los ist.

Quelle: Kommunikation: Warum die E-Mail einfach nicht sterben will – SPIEGEL ONLINE

May 26, 2015
PrivateCore is Joining Facebook

https://privatecore.com/privatecore-is-joining-facebook/

August 7, 2014