Facebook sues 2 developers for scraping users’ data
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January 15, 2021
California, Jan 15: Facebook has sued two developers in Portugal for scraping user-profiles and other data from its website.
Using the business name Oink and Stuff, the defendants developed browser extensions and made them available on the Chrome store. They misled users into installing the extensions with a privacy policy that claimed they did not collect any personal information, said Jessica Romero, Director of Platform Enforcement and Litigation at Facebook.
Four of their extensions Web for Instagram plus DM, Blue Messenger, Emoji keyboard and Green Messenger were malicious and contained hidden computer code that functioned like spyware.
TN government to distribute free 2GB/day data cards to college students
The cards will be issued to about 9.69 lakh students studying in the govt and aided arts and science colleges, polytechnic colleges, engineering colleges.
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CHENNAI: In a relief to many college students who have been struggling to afford internet for online classes, the Tamil Nadu government, on Sunday, announced free data cards. The decision is also expected to attract the attention of young student voters, who may for the first time vote in the 2021 assembly elections.
Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said that these cards will have a 2GB per day capacity and can be used from January to April. The initiative is aimed at facilitating online classes which have become the norm in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.