Facebook is putting its users in control of what happens to their accounts after they die. Starting today, users in the US will be able to chose to have their accounts deleted after death or grant another person on Facebook permission to manage an account on their behalf. Facebook calls this person an account’s “legacy contact,” and users will be able to choose that person through the website’s or app’s security page.read more
Facebook Launches ThreatExchange to Stymie Cybercrime
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The launch of Facebook ThreatExchange "is about Facebook being one of the larger threat vectors for phishing attacks and looking to share this threat information so companies can be aware and be proactive to prevent cybercriminals using its platform as the threat du jure," said Frank Dickson, network security program director at Frost & Sullivan.
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Facebook this week announced ThreatExchange, an API-based platform for technology companies to share information on security threats
It had been working on the platform for about a year, with Pinterest, Tumblr, Yahoo and Twitter. Bitly and Dropbox recently joined in.read more
