Why Facebook Really Wants You to Use Its New Reaction Buttons

By: Claire Bernish Via theantimedia.org As usual, Facebook’s newest so-called ‘enhancement’ — the emoji reaction buttons meant to be alternatives to the much-maligned ‘like’ option — come with a rather important catch: social engineering. “Facebook confirmed to Mic that it will use data gathered when you use the new emojis to alter your News Feed…

Windows 10 Covertly Sends Your Disk-Encryption Keys To Microsoft

There’s no way to turn off the “recovery” feature that sends your disk encryption keys to Microsoft by default, without notice — though you can (and should) ask Microsoft to forget the keys later. The new disk encryption protocol in Windows 10 is in stark contrast with Microsoft’s Bitlocker product, a hardcore, Fed-infuriating full-disk encryption…