Tag Archives: Evade

LONDON: Anti-vaxxer groups are using carrot emojis to evade automated moderation tools used by social media networks to detect news that does not comply with the platform policies, the BBC reported on Friday. An investigation revealed multiple Facebook groups in which the carrot emoji was substituted for the word “vaccine.” Because Facebook’s algorithm normally concentrates on words rather than emojis, members were able to sidestep the platform’s automatic content moderation… Source link

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Employees at the bank say suspicion and fear are swirling over the firm’s data-collection efforts.KENA BETANCUR/Getty Images JPMorgan has developed a powerful data-collection tool to monitor its employees’ activities. Employees at America’s largest bank fear what the data collection could mean for their jobs. One staffer described a workplace where terms like “Big Brother” and “1984” have become commonplace. At JPMorgan Chase, employees say watchful eyes are… Source link

Google is opening up applications to a new program for developers of media apps that lets them keep more of what they earn — paying a lower 15 percent commission to Google in exchange for supporting certain platforms and features (via 9to5Google). The Play Media Experience Program is another way to get around the company’s 30 percent service fee, and it’s also an admission that the Google had already been cutting deals with some developers behind the scenes; Google is positioning… Source link

By Jessica Davis November 23, 2020 – Two new phishing campaigns have been spotted in the wild using legitimate Google services and social engineering in an effort to appear as legitimate emails and are capable of bypassing security measures, according to reports from Microsoft and Armorblox. For the first campaign, Microsoft took to Twitter to warn Office 365 users that hackers were targeting enterprises… Source link