Tag Archive: privacy

Transgressions: Noobs, boobs and Facebook privacy

Privacy is one of the most complex social, political and commercial issues on the web. It's not a single issue at all really, it's a seething mass of issues, struggles, norms being negotiated, lines being re-drawn... For privacy, ...

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The end of Facebook quiz spam?: Facebook continues to add privacy enhancements

Facebook yesterday added a welcome feature to its privacy controls: the ability to control who sees different types of content you share via applications. The example Facebook's blog used was sharing a greetings card via an app like someecards - maybe you don't want everyone in your network ...

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Always look on the brightside of the downside…

Being utterly besotted with the web, and especially the social web, as I am, I tend dislike nay-saying about its significance, and the manifold benefits this thing will bring to society, the world etc. You know ...

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Reminder: you’re always (potentially) on the record online

It pays to be a little paranoid about emails, IMs and the likes sometimes - about not saying things in them you ...

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Don’t be distracted by the Facebook climbdown “victory” – big issues remain

I wrote yesterday on the iCrossing UK blog some thoughts about the Facebook decision to revert to its old Terms of Sevice (TOS) in the face of a user revolt. M'learned iCrossing NYC colleague Alisa is on the warpath over the Facebook Terms of Sevice (TOS) debacle. Seems she's on to something, and I'm ...

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Upload to Facebook = donate your content to Facebook?

* * UPDATE: Check out my NYC colleague, Alisa's analysis of what the Terms and Conditions mean in Facebook: All Your Data Are Belong to Us... Facebook's new terms of service make it sound an awful lot like they own ...

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Love in the time of textual harassment

I met my wife when my internet access was restricted to a 36 kps modem at one computer in my office, ...

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Web shadows: Looking after ourselves online

    I've been reading and therefore thinking a fair bit about privacy and personal online reputation. It's something I've touched on in the past and the posts Managing your online reputation will ...

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Google’s world supreme court of free speech

    For the timebeing, Google acts as a supreme court in a world of "sovereign users" clashing with ever increasing frequency ...

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Tag Archive: privacy

Transgressions: Noobs, boobs and Facebook privacy

Privacy is one of the most complex social, political and commercial issues on the web. It's not a single issue at all really, it's a seething mass of issues, struggles, norms being negotiated, lines being re-drawn... For privacy, ...

Read the full article »

The end of Facebook quiz spam?: Facebook continues to add privacy enhancements

Facebook yesterday added a welcome feature to its privacy controls: the ability to control who sees different types of content you share via applications. The example Facebook's blog used was sharing a greetings card via an app like someecards - maybe you don't want everyone in your network ...

Read the full article »

Always look on the brightside of the downside…

Being utterly besotted with the web, and especially the social web, as I am, I tend dislike nay-saying about its significance, and the manifold benefits this thing will bring to society, the world etc. You know ...

Read the full article »

Reminder: you’re always (potentially) on the record online

It pays to be a little paranoid about emails, IMs and the likes sometimes - about not saying things in them you ...

Read the full article »

Don’t be distracted by the Facebook climbdown “victory” – big issues remain

I wrote yesterday on the iCrossing UK blog some thoughts about the Facebook decision to revert to its old Terms of Sevice (TOS) in the face of a user revolt. M'learned iCrossing NYC colleague Alisa is on the warpath over the Facebook Terms of Sevice (TOS) debacle. Seems she's on to something, and I'm ...

Read the full article »

Upload to Facebook = donate your content to Facebook?

* * UPDATE: Check out my NYC colleague, Alisa's analysis of what the Terms and Conditions mean in Facebook: All Your Data Are Belong to Us... Facebook's new terms of service make it sound an awful lot like they own ...

Read the full article »

Love in the time of textual harassment

I met my wife when my internet access was restricted to a 36 kps modem at one computer in my office, ...

Read the full article »

Web shadows: Looking after ourselves online

    I've been reading and therefore thinking a fair bit about privacy and personal online reputation. It's something I've touched on in the past and the posts Managing your online reputation will ...

Read the full article »

Google’s world supreme court of free speech

    For the timebeing, Google acts as a supreme court in a world of "sovereign users" clashing with ever increasing frequency ...

Read the full article »

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