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… »
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 Privacy Tools reviewed
Over on TheSocialNetworker , there is a small series of screencasts showing off some Facebook Privacy checking… »
Parents have rights to kid’s Facebook account, or do they?
The legal battle needs to be separated far from the parental battle to clearly understand this. The parent broke laws. Good intentions do not allow… »
School provided laptops, should you expect privacy?
Recent news in Pennsylvania, from Lower Marion School District, has the school and officials under fire from parents and students claiming their expected privacy was compromised. We have an opinion right in the middle of this controversy. The school provided the students these laptops with the understanding they were to be used for school activity. … »
Photograph technology and privacy
I ran across an amazing site that allows photographers to take 360 degree panoramic pictures. Amazing quality, production and time invested from every one of them. Some of the results are outstanding and give you a true sense of what an area, city or natural wonder would be like if you were standing there. However,… »
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… »
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 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… »
Sued for privacy concerns – Facebook isn’t the the real cause
The San Francisco Chronicle just ran an article "Facebook sued over privacy concerns " outlining who and why they are being sued. I can summarize the entire thing in a couple sentences: User joins a site in the past, present or future. User does not read any of the privacy or Terms of Use data… »