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A Bunch Of Twitter Users Got Punked With A ‘Baby Poops His Onesie’ Video
A good rule of thumb is that if a random website tries to trick you into giving it access to your Twitter account in order for you to watch a video titled “Baby Poops In His Onesie, But Dog’s Response Leaves Millions Of People In Hysterics”, you shouldn’t do it. You absolutely should not do…
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USA Today Is Pissed That Bots Are Such Big Fans Of Its Facebook Page
Normally, if a publisher has a problem with spam bots, it has something to do with dreaded promotional comments that don’t make any sense. But USA Today has another problem — the bots just love the colourful newspaper’s Facebook page. That’s led to the FBI getting involved.
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How To Stop Apple Calendar Spam
For the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that I’ve been getting an influx of spam calendar invitations to my iCloud account, often from random counterfeit retailers. “Save 20% on UGGs” one says. “$19.99 Ray-ban&Oakley Sunglasses,” says another.
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Gmail Just Made It Super Easy To Block People
We all have that list of, like, ten people who email us about crap we don’t care about — or just don’t want to see. Now, with two clicks, Gmail will let you block them from ever showing up in your inbox again. This is progress!