In Case You Missed It: Facetime Bug, Twitter Fail & More

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Facetime Bug Lets People Eavesdrop on Friends

A bug in iOS 12.1 allows people to hear and possibly even see the people they call on Facetime even if the recipient doesn’t accept the call. The recipient has no indication that the caller can hear or see them. The bug affects both iPhones and iPads running iOS 12.1 and Apple computers running macOS Mojave.

The bug was found by 9to5Mac and replicated by everyone using iOS 12.1, including several CNN Business staff members. Apple said it has a fix or the problem and will release a software update later this week to address it. In the meantime, Apple has disabled Group FaceTime for all users.

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Get Your Website in Shape for 2019

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Happy New Year from Efferent Media!

Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to focus on your business goals for 2019. One of the first places that you should start is your website. It can be an expensive overhaul, there’s no getting around it, but it’s certainly an investment that will pay for itself many times. Your website is the digital face of your business. Are you on the fence about the necessity of a new website? Let Efferent Media steer you in the proper direction.

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Another Facebook Data Breach, Orchestrated by Facebook and Its Partners

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A New York Times investigation shows that Facebook gave other tech giants access to users’ personal data, exempting them from Facebook’s publicly disclosed privacy policy. The special arrangements gave companies access to data without the users’ knowledge and even, in some cases, allowed the companies to delete users’ private messages.

The New York Times report is based on hundreds of pages of Facebook documents that show its system for tracking partnerships.

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ICYMI: Google Faces Congress, YouTube Ad & Paywall Changes, VidCon Hires CMO & More

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Report Exposes Reach of Russian Campaign to Influence 2016 U.S. Election

A U.S. Senate report exposing the wide reach of the Russian disinformation campaign to influence the 2016 election said that its reach was far beyond Facebook, Google, search results and Twitter. The Senate’s report, which was put together by the University of Oxford’s Computational Propaganda Project and the social media analysis firm, Graphika, indicate that YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Google+ and PayPal were also used to spread propaganda and encourage divisiveness.

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