Pete Cashmore, founder and CEO of Mashable.com, has written an interesting opinion piece on social media and the death of privacy for CNN.com. Cashmore lists and discusses numerous developments in social media that threaten to blow away the idea of personal privacy, including the SenseCam – a personal camera worn around your neck that will […]
Facebook Will Save User Profiles Of Deceased People
Your social network profile on Facebook may remain long after you’re gone. Facebook has announced that it will “memorialize” people’s profiles after they die, if their family and friends request the service. Memorial profiles will differ from normal Facebook profiles. Facebook will delete contact information from memorial profiles and block people from logging into the […]
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Social Networking Criminals Go Phishing
Tech savvy crooks and criminals are increasingly using popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace as tools for their latest phishing schemes. Cybercrooks realize that popular social networks contain a wealth of personal information contributed by their growing user base. Over the past 3 years almost 3,200 account hijacking cases on social networks were […]
People Worried About Big Brother Surveillance In Britain
Due to its heavy reliance on public surveillance cameras, growing public databases and intrusive government power over its citizens daily lives, Britain has become a poster nation for the modern “surveillance society”. Britain was recently ranked as one of the five worst nations for its record on privacy and surveillance. However the surveillance of citizen […]
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New Flickr Tags Let You Search For People In Pictures
The Flickr photo sharing network has introduced a new people tagging tool that allows users to find a person in pictures by name. Flickr has also improved their privacy settings, so people can opt out of being identified in pictures. How effective Flickr will be at implementing these new privacy controls is anyone’s guess. The […]
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