Twitter and Deepfakes

Twitter's boss had his Twitter account hacked, and Twitter has disabled a feature from its earliest days, which let you tweet via SMS. Firefox's new update blocks trackers and crypto miners. And we take a look at audio and video deepfakes.

• Firefox 69 blocks third-party tracking cookies and cryptomining by default
• Hackers Tweeted Racial Slurs From Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account
• Chloë Grace Moretz's Twitter Hacked, Apparently by Same Group That Took Over Jack Dorsey's
• The frighteningly simple technique that hijacked Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account
• The Twitter CEO's Twitter Was Hacked
• How to use Twitter via SMS
• Hundreds of Millions of Phone Numbers From Facebook Accounts Leaked Online
• WordPress plug-in exploits — Critical 'Backdoor Attack' Warning Issued For 60 Million WordPress Users
• Google Uncovers How Just Visiting Some Sites Were Secretly Hacking iPhones For Years
• Scammer Successfully Deepfaked CEO's Voice To Fool Underling Into Transferring $243,000
• Another convincing deepfake app goes viral prompting immediate privacy backlash

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