Facebook's Mandatory Malware Scan Is an Intrusive Mess
Facebook's Mandatory Malware Scan Is an Intrusive Mess
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
February 28, 20188m 59s
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (dovetail.prxu.org) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
When an Oregon science fiction writer named Charity tried to log onto Facebook on February 11, she found herself completely locked out of her account. A message appeared saying she needed to download Facebook’s malware scanner if she wanted to get back in. Charity couldn’t use Facebook until she completed the scan, but the file the company provided was for a Windows device—Charity uses a Mac.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices