Deterring #Scraping By #Protecting #Facebook Identifiers

source: https://about.fb.com/news/2022/09/deterring-scraping-by-protecting-facebook-identifiers/

Most companies use unique identifiers within the URLs of their website. #Identifiers are a way to uniquely reference people or #content such as posts, pictures and videos. Within Facebook, these identifiers are known as #FBIDs and we use them to load content for people.

Every Facebook #link you distribute from your #account can be traced back to you!

#url #uri #warning #tracking #surveillance #meta #internet #economy #politics #id #identification #problem #anonymous #click #news

Deterring Scraping By Protecting Facebook Identifiers | Meta

We created unique identifiers within URLs on Facebook to prevent the unauthorized scraping of people's data.

#Facebook Is Now #Encrypting #Links to Prevent #URL Stripping

source: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/07/facebook-is-now-encrypting-links-to-prevent-url-stripping.html

Some sites, including Facebook, add parameters to the web address for tracking purposes. These parameters have no functionality that is relevant to the user, but sites rely on them to track users across pages and properties.

#meta #fail #software #tracking #surveillance #news #warning #URI #Firefox

This Week in Security: Printing Shellz, ms-officecmd, And AI Security

#hackadaycolumns #securityhacks #airgapped #npm #printingshellz #thisweekinsecurity #uri #hackaday
posted by pod_feeder_v2

This Week In Security: Printing Shellz, Ms-officecmd, And AI Security

Researchers at f-secure have developed an impressive new attack, leveraging HP printers as an unexpected attack surface. Printing Shellz (PDF) is a one-click attack, where simply visiting a malicio…

These #Search Engines are best for your #Privacy:

• SearX -> http://z5vawdol25vrmorm4yydmohsd4u6rdoj2sylvoi3e3nqvxkvpqul7bqd.onion/
• search.brave.com -> https://search.brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• AHMIA.fi -> http://juhanurmihxlp77nkq76byazcldy2hlmovfu2epvl5ankdibsot4csyd.onion/
• DuckDuckGo.com -> https://duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion/
• OnionSearchEngine.com -> http://kn3hl4xwon63tc6hpjrwza2npb7d4w5yhbzq7jjewpfzyhsd65tm6dad.onion/

#tor #onion #internet #knowledge #uri #link

Starting October 15, all V2 #Onion addresses will be deactivated.

Source: https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline

October 15th, 2021 - We will release new Tor client stable versions for all supported series that will disable v2.

This is an example for a V2 Onion URI: 5rgdtlawqkcplz75.onion
This is an example for a V3 Onion URI: ynnuxkbbiy5gicdydekpihmpbqd4frruax2mqhpc35xqjxp5ayvrjuqd.onion

If you're still using the short V2 URIs please #update now to V3.

#Darknet #Tor #URI #Warning #Attention #News #Timeline #Security #Privacy