2024-11-26
This might have made me use Threads... if it was done a year ago
Axios
Meta says Threads had 35M new signups since November 1 and is now going on three months of 1M+ million signups per day; Threads had 275M+ MAUs in Q3 2024
- Bluesky said last week it now has more than 20 million users. … - According to the new data, another 20 million new signups have been added in the past 11 days.
This might have made me use Threads... if it was done a year ago
The Verge
Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default, another improvement seemingly sparked by competition from Bluesky
For You, following, or a custom one — as your default. Also making this more visible in the app. Interested to see how and if people use this. Jason Kottke / @jkottke : FINALLY. ...
2024-11-22
STORY with @lhn.bsky.social: Meta is speaking out about pig butchering scams for the first time—it says it has removed 2 million pig butchering accounts this year. — In one instance, OpenAI alerted Meta to criminals using ChatGPT to generate comments used in scams
The Record
In its latest security report, Meta says it removed 2M+ accounts this year connected to pig butchering scams conducted from Southeast Asia and the UAE
Here's Why TechRadar : Meta reveals major crackdown on organized crime scams Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity : Meta Addresses Pig-Butchering, Claims Two-Year Collaboration with La...
2024-11-20
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it. — New @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social story on WIRED
Wired
An investigation reveals how phone coordinates collected by US data broker Datastream expose the movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers …