Facebook Deleted Her Account Only Because Of Her Name! Check Out Her Name

Facebook Deleted Her Account Only Because Of Her Name! Check Out Her Name

  A couple of days ago, we made you acquaint with Phuc Dat Bich, a 23-year old guy, whose Facebook account was blocked over and over again and the sole reason for the same was just his name. He was repeatedly thought to be a fake ID which resulted in blocking the account and therefore, he got frustrated and expressed his fury on Facebook along with a pic of his passport as an identity proof. Strange, isn’t it?

Well, if this seems strange and bizarre to you, we have brought one more case like this and now it’s a lady whose Facebook account had been disable for the same reason, i.e., her name “Isis”.
ISIS does not need any introduction, as it stands for a terrorist organization and its full form is “Islamic State of Iraq & Syria”. But not a number of people are aware of the fact that Isis is a famous Egyptian goddess too and there are many women of this name together with 396 infants born last year in the US. We really don’t need to tell how life would have been of the women named Isis just because of a terrorist organization and even though they were named after Goddess, they had to go through a lot of problems.
                      For example, Isis Anchalee who is a platform engineer complained about her Facebook account being disabled.


              However, Facebook later apologized as well as restored her page, giving the explanation of her account being flagged by a couple of users as fake. Another lady, Isis Beckwith, talks about being a victim of objectionable and unpleasant jokes. What’s more, she was even asked whether she ever considered name changing

MOTO G5 and nokia 3310 pre orders on flipkart

Moto G5 Plus on Flipkart, Nokia 3310 Pre-Orders,Nokia 8 Specifications Leak, and More: Your 360 Daily

Moto G5 Plus will be sold exclusively on Flipkart when it launches in India. This marks the return of the Moto G line to the e-commerce company, after the Moto G4 series was also available via rival Amazon. Gadgets 360 has also learned that the smartphone is likely to be released on March 15, the same day it is launched in India. The Moto G5 Plus has a 5.2-inch full-HD screen, 2GHz Snapdragon 625 processor, 3GB, 32GB storage, up to 128GB microSD card support, 12-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel, Android 7.0 Nougat operating system, and 3000mAh battery.

New Nokia 3310 pre-orders reportedly exceed expectations
While the new Nokia 3310 has still not hit the market, UK-based retailer Carphone Warehouse has started taking pre-orders for the feature phone. And the response for the device has been “unprecedented,” it says, showing that it is not just hype and that “customers really want to get their hands on one.”  It will be launched in the second quarter, though HMD Global refrained from giving a concrete date yet. Nokia 6, however, continues its winning streak in China, once again going out of stock instantly on JD.com, ahead of its availability in India and other markets, also in Q2.

Nokia 8 with Snapdragon 835 will reportedly launch in June
HMD Global will reportedly release the Nokia 8 flagship Android phone in June. The smartphone is said to run on the Snapdragon 835 processor and come in two variants, one with 4GB of RAM and the other with 6GB. The Nokia 8 is expected to sport rear camera with at least 23-megapixel setup, and at least one of the variants will feature a dual camera system on the back. The base variant of the Nokia flagship is expected to cost CNY 4,000 (roughly Rs. 38,600), while the other model may be priced at CNY 4,300 (approximately Rs. 43,000).

CIA can control hack your TV, apps, and even car, says WikiLeaks trove
WikiLeaks has released a trove of CIA files that allege that the agency can turn TVs into listening devices, bypass app encryptions, and can even control cars remotely. The documents say that the CIA has produced 1,000 malware systems that can control personal electronics such as iPhones and Android phones and Samsung smart TVs. The CIA and White House have not confirmed if these WikiLeaks documents are authentic.

iPhone 8 rumoured to be called iPhone Edition
The latest report about the upcoming iPhone 8 suggests that Apple may give it the moniker iPhone Edition, akin to the Apple Watch Edition that we have seen previously. The new report claims that iPhone Edition will feature a 5-inch screen, dual cameras, and wireless charging. On the other hand, Apple is still in prototype stage for AMOLED screen, glass, ceramic or metal bodies, and replacing the Home button; their inclusion is not yet final and will depend on component supplies, and other factors. The report reiterates that iPhone Edition will launch alongside the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus.

Flipkart said to be looking to raise anywhere between $1 billion and $1.5 billion
Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy has confirmed that the company is in talks with investors to raise fresh funds in its continuing battle against Amazon. The e-commerce player is reportedly looking to raise anywhere between $1 billion and 1.5 billion, depending upon who you believe, from investors such as Microsoft, eBay, and Tencent Holdings. However, the fundraising exercise is said to value the company at $10 billion, a steep drop from its valuation of $15 billion in its last fundraising round.

New OnePlus 3T variant may be in the offing
A OnePlus wallpaper featuring a rather dark design, leaked by prolific tipster Evan Blass, has got the Internet talking about whether a new model by the company is on its way. The wallpaper has resolution of 1080x1920 pixels, suggesting the company will be retaining the screen resolution in whatever device it throws our way next. Meanwhile, replying to a claim by Android Police’s David Ruddock that OnePlus may have a “dark announcement” soon, co-founder Carl Pei posted a GIF of wolves howling. Many have floated theories that either a OnePlus 3T jet black variant is on its way, or OnePlus 5 (the rumoured name for the next OnePlus flagship) may have a ‘Midnight Black’ variant.

Mark Zuckerberg to get honorary degree from Harvard, give commencement speech
Mark Zuckerberg, who dropped out of Harvard to work full-time on Facebook, will be headed to the university in May to give the commencement address. Zuckerberg will also receive an honorary degree from Harvard on Commencement Day. He will give the speech on May 25 to mark the Harvard 366th Commencement. His wife Priscilla Chan graduated from Harvard in 2007. 

Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro with Snapdragon 625, 4GB of RAM launched
Samsung has launched the Galaxy C5 Pro, a smaller version of the Galaxy C7 Pro smartphone, in China. The new Samsung model is priced at CNY 2,499 (roughly Rs. 24,100) and available for pre-order on Samsung's China website; it will hit the market on March 16. The new Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro has a 5.2-inch full-HD screen, Android 7.0 Nougat software, 2.2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 625 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB internal storage, microSD support up to 256GB, 16-megapixel cameras on the front and back, and 2600mAh battery.

whatsapp is going to be banned

so is whatsapp going to be banned:

In the wake of their implementing 256-bit end-to-end encryption, the government--along with everyone else--is effectively locked out of end-user WhatsApp communications.

                                                                                           WhatsApp--virtually every smartphone users’ go-to app for text (and in many cases voice) messaging. According to parent company Facebook, the popular messaging app crossed 70 million monthly active users in India in October 2014, and this number is growing steadily since.

                                              So when they recently made their big announcement of enabling end-to-end encryption for all of their users, it was a big deal indeed. From the end-user perspective it’s win-win--all text and voice chats, as well as file transfers are now 256-bit encrypted, where only the sending and receiving party will be able to view the contents of a communication. Never mind a third party, Facebook claims that with this level and method of encryption even they are not privy to these conversations.

Based on a method called the Signal Protocol (read our quick explainer here,) this level of encryption is actually very high--the kind comparable to what’s used in in top secret military communications. This being the case, it’s not such a good thing from the point of view of agencies who may require access to certain end user communications. For example, if the service is used while committing a crime or terrorist act, law and government agencies may want to delve into the preceding communications. This will now not be possible in the case of WhatsApp.

                       This case, not surprisingly, runs parallel to the San Bernardino attack with the FBI demanding Apple provide a way to decrypt the iPhone used during the shooting. On the one hand authorities maintain that they require access to personal communications in such situations, while companies such as Apple and Facebook maintain that doing so would open up a hornet’s nest of instances that would result in violations to data privacy.

So where does this leave a regular WhatsApp user?

Currently, the Indian government’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) regulates only Internet Services Providers (ISPs,) including Reliance Communications, Airtel and a host of other private players. And these regulations are quite rigid, encompassing securing a licence, and requiring the provider to obtain a special licence when implementing on their network any encryption strength exceeding 40-bit.

In the case of WhatsApp (also Skype, Viber, Google Hangouts and the numerous other mobile communications apps in use today,) these are classified as Over The Top (OTT) services. As yet, the government does not regulate these players and does not have any specific set of requirements they are required to comply with.

In this midst of this ambiguity, WhatsApp announcing 256-bit end-to-end encryption comes at a very opportune time--where it now effectively predates any clear law on the subject. In this case, any move by the government to attempt to have these companies retract their implementation of such encryption standards would be met with great resistance.

Back in September 2015, there was a Draft National Encryption Policy proposed by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY,) one that was quite draconian, and was swiftly shot down. But there is a law that deals with the government accessing encrypted communications.

Section 69 of the IT Act 2000 basically states that the Central Government or a State Government may have the power to monitor, decrypt or intercept information through any computer resource, in the interest of protecting the nation and investigating any legal offence. However it was later clarified (quite curiously, I might add) that WhatsApp did not fall under the purview of this law.

So whether the government now decides to leverage this particular law to implement their ability to access encrypted digital communications is unclear at this point.

The bottom line

This new and significant technology evolution--like every new and significant technology evolution--can potentially be used by good and bad elements. And if you fall among the former, using WhatsApp is perfectly legal. For now.

And if there ever is a change in this status quo--as there has been in the entire Net Neutrality debate that played out last year--we can be sure that it will be hotly debated, rallied and argued before reaching any conclusive end.

Facebook's new 'Trending Topics' update is here

  

                                                              The world's largest social network has finally settled on an effective way to list basic news stories.

Facebook deployed a revised version of its controversial "Trending Topics" feature Thursday. It now shows each user a standardized list of news stories based on an automated survey of what a diverse collection of media outlets are covering. Previously, each individual user saw a personalized list of news stories in the Trending module. 

SEE ALSO: Facebook is making an immediate and massive change to 'Trending Topics'

When you log onto Facebook's desktop version, you'll see Trending stories on the right, as usual. Stories are sorted according to topic and feature headlines pulled directly from news outlets—they're not written by Facebook. Clicking into the topics shows you related media, links and This new system is designed to fight back against the rise of so-called "fake news," which has proliferated on the social network in recent months.

"Trending uses a variety of signals from News Feed, including when people report news as fake or spam, to help prevent fake news, hoaxes or spam from appearing in Trending," Will Cathcart, vice president of product management at Facebook, said in a blog post announcing the update. "Today’s update may also help prevent hoaxes and fake news from appearing in Trending because the updated system identifies groups of articles shared on Facebook instead of relying solely on mentions of a topic."

Trending, which was once staffed by human journalists, has previously surfaced a false story about former Fox News host Megyn Kelly and a news item about a man pleasuring himself with a McDonald's sandwich.

Journalists were purged from Facebook's team last year after a Gizmodo report indicated that political bias sometimes shaped which stories "trended" on the platform.

Facebook did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment about the update, but it'll be rolling out to your profile soon if you don't already have it.