Faicebook for old bikers

Do you have Farcebook acount?

  • HAVE a Farcebook account

  • HAD a Farcebook account

  • NEVER had a Farcebook account

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concours

concours

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Just curious, how many of you all:

HAVE an account

HAD an account

NEVER had an account
 
Twitter can be more entertaining, some very nasty upsets on there from time to time - always political, but also some great satire / spoof sites. Sometimes it is hard to separate the satire from the reality. The Grauniad is very good, as is RAF_Luton.
 
Meta/google/etc is a data/information mining operation which has been clearly identified/recognized over the years and is also used by several 3 letter agencies ...after your information has been passed onto them of course...and it looks like google/faceache is some of the worst !!
Recent global bust 👇
 
I even only use WhatsApp for group messaging instead of Messenger.
To use Messenger you have to sign up to Facebook, even if you don't ever use it.
Not going there.
 
QUESTION: WHY WOULD UKRAINE WANT TO KEEP THESE PLATFORMS GOING ?...Well Google me...
A working group led by Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, and former US diplomat Michael McFaul, recently found a new direction for work. This Kyiv-based group proposes the names of individuals, companies and other organizations to form Western sanctions bodies. Recently, she has been looking for contractors who continue to provide direct or indirect support to the Russian IT sector and, thereby, the Russian military efforts in Ukraine.

Despite the growing isolation of the Russian Internet, also known as Runet, the country's IT systems still rely on foreign contractors. Thus, the target of the group's latest recommendations is the American IT giants, whose services, products, applications and software continue to be used by the Russian defense industry.

Yermak and McFaul are calling for sanctions against those involved in the sale of software and services that currently remain under the radar, as well as a ban on access to IT systems that allow Russia to continue to wage cyber warfare and coordinate its offensive. They point in particular to the Apple App Store and Android apps supplied by Google's parent company Alphabet, as well as mobile devices sold by GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) in general, along with the regular updates that come with them. .

As for social media operated by Meta (Facebook, WhatsApp) and Twitter, Kyiv needs to find a way to keep these channels open to Russian civilians and the opposition, while preventing them from being used as weapons through disinformation and botnets. The same goes for YouTube, a subsidiary of Google. The Sanctions Group is particularly wary of this major information dissemination platform, which is used by pro-Russian outlets as well as independent media and opposition channels, content with suggestions that it is subject to much broader scrutiny.

On the other hand, attention is drawn to the use of Google Earth services by Russian intelligence services for the purposes of intelligence and geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), which was intensively used in the war in Ukraine. The same goes for using the Google search engine for open source intelligence (OSINT).

Other IT system vendors are also on the group's roster, including IBM, whose operating systems are still used by Russia's high command, and Cloudflare, a web hosting company Ukraine has tried in vain to force to cease operations in Russia.

Ukraine made an exception for Microsoft, whose Threat Intelligence Center helped it secure its secure networks in the hours leading up to the February 24 Russian offensive. In its report, the sanctions group nonetheless points to classic Microsoft services that are still available in Russia, in particular for the country's armed forces, which use them for their internal communications, logistics, and even their intelligence operations, even though the company has suspended all sales. on the Russian market since March 4.

Ukraine has already attempted to inform GAFAM of activities and products that it believes offer significant assistance to Russia.
 
KiwiShane said:
With the widespread usage, comes also the risk of scams and theft of personal data, Personal Data Protection Commissioner Mazmalek Mohamad has warned.10/08/2022

https://astroulagam.com.my › news

Beware: The Danger of Joining Non-Beneficial WhatsApp Groups​

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Thanks for that.
I am not in any group where I don't know all the members personally.
They are generally small groups, mainly less than 5.
I have had a couple of unsolicited requests, but far less than on SMS & email
Hopefully my cautious approach pays off :rolleyes:
 
robs ss said:
Thanks for that.
I am not in any group where I don't know all the members personally.
They are generally small groups, mainly less than 5.
I have had a couple of unsolicited requests, but far less than on SMS & email
Hopefully my cautious approach pays off :rolleyes:
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Anything connected to Meta is potentially DODGY...
As ive said numerous times on other posts etc..we are living in a Information War...and created by the so called "good guys"
www.kaspersky.com

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I join motorcycle specific groups when I buy a new bike and want to learn about it, faults, mods, etc.

I then leave the group when I’ve got what I need.

I‘m on there under a name no one knows me by, and have zero friends.

Works for me.
 
Fast Eddie said:
I join motorcycle specific groups when I buy a new bike and want to learn about it, faults, mods, etc.

I then leave the group when I’ve got what I need.

I‘m on there under a name no one knows me by, and have zero friends.

Works for me.
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After being here for 10 yrs... :)
 
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