Pieter posted in "Privacy & security".
Dave is an extremely gifted mind reader. In this video, he reveals his dumbfounding skill. Would Dave be able to read your mind?
Pieter posted in "Privacy & security".
Did Facebook Places help the C.I.A. find and kill Osama Bin Laden? Or: How not to be found with Facebook Places.
Pieter posted in "Privacy & security".
ZoneAlarm, an expert in consumer Internet security, this week published a helpful infographic titled Social Media Safety Belt, in which they explain how to navigate your ever-changing Facebook privacy settings.
Pieter posted in "Humor".
What’s the difference between Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Wikileaks’ Julian Assange?
Pieter posted in "Privacy & security".
The following warning regarding Instant Personalization is currently being shared by thousands on Facebook…
Pieter posted in "Games".
Tim Roth’s character in “Lie to Me” or Ally Walker’s in “The Profiler” would absolutely nail this, but how are your people judging skills? Who Said It is a Facebook status game that wants you to guess who recently posted the shown status updates.
Pieter posted in "News, Privacy & security".
Today was a big day for Facebook, as they introduced several new features at the Facebook Event 2010. Here’s a quick round-up…
Pieter posted in "News, Privacy & security, Video".
Today’s big news on Facebook is, of course, the simplified privacy controls which are being rolled out as we speak at http://facebook.com/privacy. The just turned 26-year-old Mark Zuckerberg personally announced them earlier today.
Pieter posted in "Privacy & security".
Wired has a wiki article on how to Un-Facebook_Yourself or in other words: how to avoid becoming too social. Ignoring the more drastic possibility of permanently deleting your Facebook account, you basically have two options…
Pieter posted in "News, Privacy & security, Video".
If Facebook’s new privacy settings confuse you, check out this video tutorial in which security software and hardware vendor, Sophos, walks you through the newest options and shares tips on how to make your profile more private and secure.
Pieter posted in "News, Privacy & security".
We broke the news about the upcoming privacy controls for profile posts well before Mark Zuckerberg told the world, because we were actually already seeing them. And today we found a new pop-up informing users about the new feature, so it looks like testing is almost over and they’re close to revealing the lock icon to the public.
Pieter posted in "Privacy & security".
Facebook application developers, Candytech, have discovered a security hole, or rather privacy issue, with the status tagging feature that was introduced in September. After launching the feature, Facebook updated the “Friends” section to show friends pending a confirmation…
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Tens of thousands of people were deprived access to their Facebook accounts for the past days, some even more than a week! By now, forunately, most accounts are available again and have returned unharmed (save for a crop in FarmVille here, and a bankrupt restaurant in Restaurant City there). Photos, wall posts, and other Facebook data should all still be there, but as a downside, Facebook had to reset privacy settings to their most restrictive settings for the recent updates of those affected.
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Facebook has decent privacy controls, but most users don’t realize how to take full advantage of them. Ars Technica guides you through Facebook’s privacy settings so that you can be both social and respectable at the same time.