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Photograph technology and privacy

Jan 11, 2010IdoNotesprivacy, Screencasts360cities, 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,…

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Facebook changed their security policy – what are your new settings?

Dec 17, 2009IdoNotesFacebook, privacy, ScreencastsFacebook, privacy

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…

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Facebook privacy combinations leave data open to search engines

Sep 15, 2009IdoNotes1 CommentFacebook, privacyFacebook, privacy

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…

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Facebook apps stealing your data? Facebook shuts some down

Aug 28, 2009IdoNotesFacebook, privacyFacebook, privacy, reputation

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…

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Sued for privacy concerns – Facebook isn’t the the real cause

Aug 19, 2009IdoNotesprivacyFacebook, privacy, sued

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…

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