Facebook is rolling out new tools to its users in India that will protect profile photos and help combat image theft. “We’ve heard that people want more control over their profile pictures,” says Facebook.
“We’ve been working over the past year to understand how we can help. ” “Some women choose not to share profile pictures […]. petapixel.com
Facebook's new 'Profile Picture Guard' feature makes your profile photos much harder to steal. Photo courtesy of Facebook Photo theft is a big problem on Facebook, and the social network is finally doing a little something to combat it. dpreview.com »
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There is not enough grey matter in all the skulls in all of the world to deduce why this Florida felon decided his wanted posted would make a good profile picture. On August 29th, Stuart Police Department in Martin County, Florida responded to a battery complaint where they found suspect Mack Yearwood, 41, had fled […] petapixel.com »
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged home security camera company Ring with customer privacy violations, including allowing any employee or contractor to access consumers' private videos. [Read More]
A press agency photographer was manhandled out of a major political convention after a "misunderstanding" between venue security staff. [Read More]
Photography image monitoring and legal-tech service Pixsy has informed users that it suffered what it calls an “IT issue.” While it advises users to change their passwords to secure their accounts, it says no data was compromised. [Read More]
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On June 3, Fujifilm partially shut down its servers in response to a ransomware attack. The company has reportedly heard from the hackers but is refusing to pay their ransom demands and will instead rely on backups to restore its servers.
Fujifilm Corporation may have been the victim of a ransomware attack. The company says that it is looking into possible unauthorized access to its server from outside the company and has partially shut down its servers while it investigates.
Canon has published a notice that confirms a ransomware attack on its servers that took place between July 20 and August 6, 2020. The company notes that the attack targeted a server containing a significant amount of its employees’ personal information.