Description

Facebook lets randos look you up by your phone number; Huawei is about to sue the U.S. government; a Vermont law exposes more than 100 data brokers; USB 4 is announced; Facebook offers a way to log in with your face...kind of; and the W3C has a new standard that promises to do away with passwords forever.

Sponsors:

• Keeps - https://keeps.com/techmeme
• MetaLab - https://metalab.co

Links:

• Facebook won’t let you opt-out of its phone number ‘look up’ setting (TechCrunch)
• Scammers abused Facebook phone number search (BBC News)
• Huawei Said to Be Preparing to Sue the U.S. Government (New York Times)
• Here are the data brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information (Fast Company)
• With USB 4, Thunderbolt 3’s benefits become open to all (The Verge)
• USB Promoter Group Announces USB4 Specification (AP News)
• Harry McCracken's Facebook tweet (Twitter)
• Facebook explains how it’ll review nude photos to stop revenge porn (The Verge)
• Facebook’s New CAPTCHA Test: ‘Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face’ (Wired)
• W3C approves WebAuthn as the web standard for password-free logins (VentureBeat)