Monthly Archives: July 2018

Facebook has a real problem with disturbing content

Dear John: I reported a profile to Facebook through their proper channel because it contained nudity and pornography. This was the Facebook reply: “Thank you for letting us know about this. We’ve looked at the photo, and although it doesn’t go against any of our specific Community Standards, you did the right thing by letting…

The dark web is a fraudster’s bargain-hunting paradise

The building blocks for identify theft are for sale on the dark web, a hidden part of the internet that people access through special browsers such as Tor, I2p and Freenet. Once there, scammers find their way to anonymous message boards, and markets for drugs, stolen financial data and other personal valuable information. Almost everything’s…