SocialNetworker
- Does 66% of social business really happen on mobile devices? January 11, 2012
- TheSocialNetworker Episode 29 – Twitter application security January 4, 2012
- Dear Foursquare, get rid of points, add partnerships and suggestions January 3, 2012
- TheSocialNetworker Episode 28 – So.cl from Microsoft over capacity but collecting your Facebook email address December 28, 2011
- Want traffic in BlackBerry Appworld – expose this hack December 22, 2011
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Facebook Messages – control your privacy
If you have been limiting your kids from email all this time, it will be automatic for them according to… »
School Superintendent suspended after Facebook post
A Connecticut Superintendent of the Windsor Locks area, David Telesca, has been put on leave after comments found on his Facebook page, according to TheDay.com… »
Evil – a website showing phone numbers from Facebook
Before you panic too much, Evil is a great implementation showing the lack of privacy controls most people place when posting information, such as phone numbers, into their stream. Evil simply scans Faceook, blocks half the number for security and shows them at random on a webpage with an avatar of the person as well…. »
Facebook changed their security policy – what are your new settings?
The first question to ask yourself is if you have gone into Facebook and verified the security settings on your account. On my other blog, TheSocialNetworker, I did a quick 2 minute video showing you the changes Facebook has implemented to the default settings on privacy settings. You should be aware that their attempt is… »
Cyberstalking – that’s so 90′s according to our government
While doing some research for an upcoming seminar, I ran across the Department of Justice report on cyberstalking. Unfortunately it has not been updated since 1999. While the posting itself is old, the changes in ways to obtain, view and find information has grown at a more rapid rate. Protecting your personal information should be… »
Facebook privacy combinations leave data open to search engines
A recent article on TheNextWeb spotlighted a possible data leak for Facebook Notes to search engines. The original report showed how using a simple Google query would bring up Notes from Facebook even with profiles set to private. Facebook soon responded that yes, the user profiles are private, but the Notes section for the users… »
Facebook friends might be hackers
A recent rash of hackers have decided that emailing you and asking for money is just not the way to go. Now, hackers are getting into the social networks and assuming identities of others and asking for money. One of the common ploys now is to pretend that the person they are imitating is out… »
Facebook apps stealing your data? Facebook shuts some down
We often give you insight into controlling the data you share across the networks and teaching the kids on what should be considered good sharing and bad sharing. This falls into reputation control. Apparently some apps were pulling your credentials and starting to spam your contacts with phishing sites. Trend Micro are reported to have… »
MySpace and the 90,000 confirmed sex offenders. No surprise here
Before we even begin down the tube on this posting, I want to say that in no way is MySpace a haven for these offenders. They are everywhere, all networks. You might be sitting next to one in your office or one lives up the street. MySpace has taken a stance to remove the profiles… »
Hiding your Facebook pics? So you thought
I found this twist to Facebook security settings rather interesting. it all started from a story I read on AllFacebook.com. A quick snippet from their posting: Earlier this week I noticed that one of my friends had made their Facebook profile photos no longer visible. I wasn’t sure if this was because they had put… »