Despite Apple’s best efforts, Facebook may have found a work-around – by using the iPhone’s accelerometer (which, among other things, tells apps if you’re moving and adjusts your screen orientation). Users can’t currently turn this off, so no recourse short of a Facebook [Meta] app delete.
Kids are an easy target for identity fraud and are increasingly being targeted by criminals, according to Javelin Strategy, which found that 1 in 50 children were victims. Cost on average to families when a child is hit is $1,000+. In the past year, losses for this type of ID fraud totaled $918 million, and the study found that 73% of the perpetrators were people the children knew.
Clearview has been ordered to delete images and faceprints of Australian residents.
“Ask Meta AI anything” is what you now see instead of the traditional search bar across Meta apps such as Facebook and Instagram. Meta AI will still perform the basic search function but will also answer questions and chat with you. It should hardly be a surprise when a tech company launches a genAI solution these days but this is a bold challenge to Google and Open.ai (it’s also available as a standalone tool at Meta.ai).