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
Stalking
Is it too easy to find kids personal information on Facebook?
The first thing we should mention is that Facebook does have a stated policy that children under 13 should not use Facebook and those children ages 13-18 should seek parental permission. More on that policy may be found here. A brief subset of the policy states: Facebook does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information… »
Can kids recognize Social Stalking?
I ran across and interesting, but short, posting recently on “Recognize and Report Cyberspace Stalking” at the following page. While the article brought up a decent point, such as saving all communications from the stalker, there was much left out. In general, kids and even adults new to social networking, walk into these networks without… »
Reverse location broadcasting
Are stars humans? Do they have private lives? Imagine if everytime you attempted to go to the store, buy a coffeee or eat with friends and family they took pictures and asked for autographs? Sounds tough. But now let’s take it to the next step. Imagine if someone was broadcasting, not just to their friend… »
How a Facebook status invoked violence
In a BBC News article from October 17th I found the following… then the commentary A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook. We first send thoughts to the family affected by this. Physical voilence stemming from comments, postings… »
Stalking via SMS – you are unprotected
Interestingly enough, Oprah had a show on that brought up an issue of their child receiving unwanted text messages on the child’s phone. While we make look at a simple text as harmless, the social pressure and stalking issue raises a thought. How do kids handle and protect themselves from stalking via SMS messages. it… »