Ajiri
Computer Scientist : HND Graduate, From Ozoro Polytechnic Delta State, Nigeria. Worked At Salus Trust LTD.
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Facebook Has Made It Easy For Users To Leave
~6.9 mins read
Facebook loosens its grip on users’ media. NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGESAfter a successful trial in Ireland, Facebook has now opened up its Data Transfer Project (DTP) tool to its 200 million-plus users in the USA and Canada. The DTP tool allows users to transfer all of the photos and videos they have currently stored on Facebook directly to Google Photos. This means there’s no longer any need to download individual items one-by-one in order to save them. With these treasured memories safely archived away from the company’s servers, Facebook loses one big reason users might need to hang on to their accounts. And even if you want to remain on Facebook, it’s always good to have a backup of your data.
Facebook has a dedicated page designed to help you[-]move all of your photos and videos to Google Photos
PAUL MONCKTONHow to back up your Facebook photos and videos to Google PhotosIt’s easy to get started. just head to the DTP page and choose a destination for the transfer (currently, only Google Photos is supported). In the pop-up window that follows, authorize Facebook’s access to your Google Photos. Then, select either Photos or Videos (for some reason you can’t transfer both at once) and then click ‘Next’. That’s all there is to it.Note that you may receive a security alert from Google shortly after verification. This is normal.The process will then run automatically in the background and you can come back to the DTP page at any time to check on its progress. If you decide not to send your information to Google Photos, you can still download your data directly from your browser by clicking on “Download You Information†as before.
After linking your Facebook account to Google[-]Photos, you can choose to transfer either Photos or Videos.
PAUL MONCKTONThe process is still flawedUnfortunately, the DTP system is far from perfect and suffers from problems in both execution and end result.When I tried the DTP service with my own Facebook videos, all seemed well initially. There was a delay of a few minutes, and once it started I could watch my transferred videos begin to appear in Google Photos as if by magic. But, this success was short-lived. After a few minutes, the transfer stopped abruptly and Facebook provided no troubleshooting information other than showing the status as ‘Failed.’ Attempting to restart the transfer appeared to pick up from where it left off, but even then, those videos that did make it over to Google Photos lacked most of the important associated metadata Facebook stored with them. I wasn’t expecting the original comments and likes to be preserved, but it had also discarded more important details, such as the date and location of capture.
This 360-degree video emerged as a 3-by-2 grid[-]after the transfer from Facebook to Google Photos.
PAUL MONCKTONAll of the transferred videos were just dumped into Google Photos with today’s date, leaving me to organize them into albums myself and re-set the date information manually. Furthermore, some types of media, such as 360-degree videos, can become corrupted by the transfer. These end up chopped into a 3-by-2 grid of different camera viewpoints in place of the original panorama.All of this means that, while the service is a good way of preserving access to your photos and video, it’s not a full replacement for the way they are stored on Facebook. That said, if you have been keen to leave Facebook, this still removes a major barrier to doing so.Note: While Facebook only officially supports its DTP tool in Canada and the US, I found the service worked in the UK. So expect it to roll out to other countries soon.
Facebook loosens its grip on users’ media.
NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES
After a successful trial in Ireland, Facebook has now opened up its Data Transfer Project (DTP) tool to its 200 million-plus users in the USA and Canada. The DTP tool allows users to transfer all of the photos and videos they have currently stored on Facebook directly to Google Photos. This means there’s no longer any need to download individual items one-by-one in order to save them.
With these treasured memories safely archived away from the company’s servers, Facebook loses one big reason users might need to hang on to their accounts. And even if you want to remain on Facebook, it’s always good to have a backup of your data.
Facebook has a dedicated page designed to help you[-]
move all of your photos and videos to Google Photos
PAUL MONCKTON
How to back up your Facebook photos and videos to Google Photos
It’s easy to get started. just head to the DTP page and choose a destination for the transfer (currently, only Google Photos is supported). In the pop-up window that follows, authorize Facebook’s access to your Google Photos. Then, select either Photos or Videos (for some reason you can’t transfer both at once) and then click ‘Next’. That’s all there is to it.
Note that you may receive a security alert from Google shortly after verification. This is normal.
The process will then run automatically in the background and you can come back to the DTP page at any time to check on its progress. If you decide not to send your information to Google Photos, you can still download your data directly from your browser by clicking on “Download You Information†as before.
After linking your Facebook account to Google[-]
Photos, you can choose to transfer either Photos or Videos.
PAUL MONCKTON
The process is still flawed
Unfortunately, the DTP system is far from perfect and suffers from problems in both execution and end result.
When I tried the DTP service with my own Facebook videos, all seemed well initially. There was a delay of a few minutes, and once it started I could watch my transferred videos begin to appear in Google Photos as if by magic.
But, this success was short-lived. After a few minutes, the transfer stopped abruptly and Facebook provided no troubleshooting information other than showing the status as ‘Failed.’ Attempting to restart the transfer appeared to pick up from where it left off, but even then, those videos that did make it over to Google Photos lacked most of the important associated metadata Facebook stored with them. I wasn’t expecting the original comments and likes to be preserved, but it had also discarded more important details, such as the date and location of capture.
This 360-degree video emerged as a 3-by-2 grid[-]
after the transfer from Facebook to Google Photos.
PAUL MONCKTON
All of the transferred videos were just dumped into Google Photos with today’s date, leaving me to organize them into albums myself and re-set the date information manually. Furthermore, some types of media, such as 360-degree videos, can become corrupted by the transfer. These end up chopped into a 3-by-2 grid of different camera viewpoints in place of the original panorama.
All of this means that, while the service is a good way of preserving access to your photos and video, it’s not a full replacement for the way they are stored on Facebook. That said, if you have been keen to leave Facebook, this still removes a major barrier to doing so.
Note: While Facebook only officially supports its DTP tool in Canada and the US, I found the service worked in the UK. So expect it to roll out to other countries soon.
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Ajiri
Alone, A Woman Carried Out One Of The Biggest Hacking In Modern History
~1.7 mins read
A hacker responsible for breaching the data of over 100 million Capital One customers was arrested Monday after boasting about what she did online .
The suspect is accused of stealing data from millions of customers , including Social Security numbers, linked bank accounts, and other personal information, Capital One disclosed Monday.
The Justice Department identified the suspect as Paige Thompson, a software engineer in Seattle who formerly worked for Amazon. She was caught after she was found to have been boasting after the Capital One hack online, court documents say.
Thompson could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
Here's everything we know about Paige Thompson, the suspect behind the Capital One hack affecting 100 million customers:
Paige Thompson is a 33-year-old software engineer. She's known online by her alias "erratic."
According to Thompson's resume found online, she attended Bellevue Community College in Washington in 2005. However, she left after a little more than a year to pursue a career opportunity.
Thompson was arrested Monday in Seattle, where she resides. Since leaving college, she's worked as a software and systems engineer at various companies in the Seattle area.
Most recently, Thompson worked as a systems engineer for Amazon's cloud software business, Amazon Web Services, which Capital One uses. An Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg that she last worked there in 2016.
A "firewall misconfiguration" left Capital One's cloud servers vulnerable, which Thompson was able to access. She worked on Amazon's cloud products when she was employed there, but an Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg the hack didn't require insider knowledge.
According to the Department of Justice, Thompson posted about her data breach on GitHub, a website for developers to share code. A GitHub user, only identified as an "external security researcher," saw what Thompson had shared, and tipped off Capital One.
Further investigation by Capital One and the FBI found more instance where Thompson had boasted about her hack. The FBI found she has posted about it in Slack, Twitter, and Meetup.
On Twitter, where she goes by the alias "erratic," Thompson sent a direct message reading, ""Ive basically strapped myself with a bomb vest, f------ dropping capital ones box and admitting it."
Thompson is charged with one count of computer fraud and abuse. If convicted, she could face a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The suspect is accused of stealing data from millions of customers , including Social Security numbers, linked bank accounts, and other personal information, Capital One disclosed Monday.
The Justice Department identified the suspect as Paige Thompson, a software engineer in Seattle who formerly worked for Amazon. She was caught after she was found to have been boasting after the Capital One hack online, court documents say.
Thompson could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
Here's everything we know about Paige Thompson, the suspect behind the Capital One hack affecting 100 million customers:
Paige Thompson is a 33-year-old software engineer. She's known online by her alias "erratic."
According to Thompson's resume found online, she attended Bellevue Community College in Washington in 2005. However, she left after a little more than a year to pursue a career opportunity.
Thompson was arrested Monday in Seattle, where she resides. Since leaving college, she's worked as a software and systems engineer at various companies in the Seattle area.
Most recently, Thompson worked as a systems engineer for Amazon's cloud software business, Amazon Web Services, which Capital One uses. An Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg that she last worked there in 2016.
A "firewall misconfiguration" left Capital One's cloud servers vulnerable, which Thompson was able to access. She worked on Amazon's cloud products when she was employed there, but an Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg the hack didn't require insider knowledge.
According to the Department of Justice, Thompson posted about her data breach on GitHub, a website for developers to share code. A GitHub user, only identified as an "external security researcher," saw what Thompson had shared, and tipped off Capital One.
Further investigation by Capital One and the FBI found more instance where Thompson had boasted about her hack. The FBI found she has posted about it in Slack, Twitter, and Meetup.
On Twitter, where she goes by the alias "erratic," Thompson sent a direct message reading, ""Ive basically strapped myself with a bomb vest, f------ dropping capital ones box and admitting it."
Thompson is charged with one count of computer fraud and abuse. If convicted, she could face a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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