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Did you know that complete strangers, can search Facebook's database for your phone number and find your profile and grab your name, profile picture and more besides? Here is how to stop it. Learn more: https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/ Via Gust MEES 
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It was always kind of shady that Facebook let you volunteer your friends' status updates, check-ins, location, interests and more to third-party apps. Overall, the changes could boost confidence in Facebook’s platform and the social network itself, which has struggled in the past with a reputation for spotty privacy. Cross says the conversion rate on people logging in with Facebook has increased 11 percent and believes this means “More people feel comfortable logging in with Facebook.” Learn more: - https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/ Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
May 2, 2015 10:48 AM
It was always kind of shady that Facebook let you volunteer your friends' status updates, check-ins, location, interests and more to third-party apps. Overall, the changes could boost confidence in Facebook’s platform and the social network itself, which has struggled in the past with a reputation for spotty privacy. Cross says the conversion rate on people logging in with Facebook has increased 11 percent and believes this means “More people feel comfortable logging in with Facebook.” Learn more: - https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/
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Don't want the entire Facebook-using and -abusing population to see your friends list? You could set your friend list to private, but fat lot of good that will do, given a researcher's discovery th...
Irene Abezgauz, a vice president of product management at the security software company Quotium, has discovered a way for any casual visitor, stranger, stalker or troll to see friend lists that their users have set to be private, and that includes any friends who've also set their lists to be private.
Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
November 27, 2013 11:05 AM
Irene Abezgauz, a vice president of product management at the security software company Quotium, has discovered a way for any casual visitor, stranger, stalker or troll to see friend lists that their users have set to be private, and that includes any friends who've also set their lists to be private.
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Gust MEES's curator insight,
October 11, 2013 6:41 AM
Make sure your privacy settings are on lock-down. The best way to test that they are is to use Facebook’s “View As” feature to see what a stranger can see when they look at your profile.
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Too many settings, pages, and updates in Facebook? Safe Profile informs you about the most important safety and privacy issues, all in one place. Do Facebook’s privacy options change too often to keep up? Via Gust MEES
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A discovery about Facebook's official Android app once again puts into question if the social network's developers truly *get* security and privacy.
As Symantec describe on its blog, when its developers tested its new Norton Mobile Security product against some of the world’s most popular Android apps, they were disturbed to see a warning message claiming that the Facebook Android app leaks personal information without the device owner’s knowledge:
Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 7:42 AM
As Symantec describe on its blog, when its developers tested its new Norton Mobile Security product against some of the world’s most popular Android apps, they were disturbed to see a warning message claiming that the Facebook Android app leaks personal information without the device owner’s knowledge...
Gust MEES's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 7:45 AM
As Symantec describe on its blog, when its developers tested its new Norton Mobile Security product against some of the world’s most popular Android apps, they were disturbed to see a warning message claiming that the Facebook Android app leaks personal information without the device owner’s knowledge...
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You’ve probably been using for Facebook for years. Thus your profile has all kinds of likes and apps you probably don’t remember adding.
That’s why spring is the perfect time to look at your page and try to make it new again.
Here are 3 easy steps that will improve your privacy and your Facebook experience.
Via Gust MEES, ABroaderView
Gust MEES's curator insight,
April 15, 2013 11:46 AM
Check it out, a MUST!!!
Check also:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?tag=Privacy
- http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence?tag=Privacy
Gust MEES's curator insight,
April 15, 2013 11:50 AM
Check it out, a MUST!!!
Check also:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?tag=Privacy
- http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence?tag=Privacy
Randi Thompson's curator insight,
April 15, 2013 6:55 PM
It's time to do some spring cleaning with your Facebook account....
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After examining parts of Facebook’s source code, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) and a German data protection regulator have both confirmed that the social network has ... Via Gust MEES
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We saw a preview earlier this month, but now Facebook's simplified, slimmed down privacy tools should be arriving on your profile. Any minute. Take control and untag those gross pictures you didn't even know existed. Via Gust MEES
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Facebook employs algorithms to detect suspicious behavior and bring it to the attention of the site's security team.
Yes, Facebook Scans Users' Private Conversations Looking For Sexual Predators and Child Porn
Read more:
Via Gust MEES
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A new social network minds.com , backed by Anonymous, hopes to take on Facebook and the other social media giants with a commitment to privacy, security and transparency about how posts are promoted. Via TechinBiz, massimo facchinetti, Ivo Nový
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Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter today announced WebScaleSQL, a collaborative project bringing the engineers from these companies together to solve challenges working with massive databases. As its name suggests, WebScaleSQL is a custom version of MySQL designed for large scale Web companies. Via Gust MEES
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March 27, 2014 5:15 PM
Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter today announced WebScaleSQL, a collaborative project bringing the engineers from these companies together to solve challenges working with massive databases. As its name suggests, WebScaleSQL is a custom version of MySQL designed for large scale Web companies. . ===> HOW will YOU escape from PRIVACY issues!? <===
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Facebook just eliminated your ability to block people from searching for you by name. Here's a guide for tweaking what's left. Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
October 11, 2013 11:01 AM
It's important to note that once you post something on Facebook, or any other social network, it's no longer private, period.
While Facebook makes it fairly easy to control with whom you share information, the best way to keep your information private is to not post it anywhere in the first place.
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Has your employer blocked you from using social media at work? While the debate as to the usefulness of sites like Facebook at work rages on, one in five Americans can't access the site at work. Via DashBurst
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A Palestinian information system expert says he was forced to post a bug report on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page after the social network’s security team failed to recognize that a critical vulnerability he found allows anyone to post on... Via Laurens ten Hagen
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A Facebook security bug exposed users’ personal contact information (email or phone number) to other users who were connected to them; the bug has affected six million accounts...
A Facebook spokesperson tells me the bug ===> has been live since last year, and was discovered last week. <===
Via Gust MEES
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June 21, 2013 5:39 PM
A Facebook spokesperson tells me the bug ===> has been live since last year, and was discovered last week. <=== Facebook says the security team fixed the bug less than 24 hours after it was brought to their attention.
Gust MEES's curator insight,
June 21, 2013 5:43 PM
A Facebook spokesperson tells me the bug ===> has been live since last year, and was discovered last week. <===
Facebook says the security team fixed the bug less than 24 hours after it was brought to their attention.
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Do you know how to change your Facebook settings to stay out of strangers' Graph Search results? If not, check out this infographic to learn how. Via Gust MEES, ABroaderView
AnnC's curator insight,
May 1, 2013 9:56 PM
Protecting your privacy on Facebook - better safe than sorry. 
Terry Doherty's curator insight,
May 2, 2013 1:40 PM
I'm sure our kids are among the majority of the users who "accept" Facebook's default privacy settings.
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Remember Facebook Questions? Checkins? Spotify listens? They had their time at the top of the news feed because Facebook favors new products, but their prominence diminished as they matured. Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
March 3, 2013 5:21 PM
Posting to Facebook is free, but the cost is acceptance of Facebook’s iron grip on the opaque news feed. Facebook’s still a gift horse, but it’s an inconsistent one. We might not want to saddle up and build a business completely dependent on something that could buck us off so easily.
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How to clear your Facebook search history
Can you lose your Facebook Page because you didn't follow the rules? Facebook would never shut down a Page because they ran a contest and did something like... oh, I don't know, maybe offer to donate a dollar to charity for every Like their Page gets... right? Via Martin Gysler
Philip Verghese 'Ariel's curator insight,
January 26, 2013 3:48 AM
A useful guide to facebook users. :-) 
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's comment,
January 26, 2013 5:17 AM
It sure is Phillip - have a nice weekend :-)
's comment February 2, 2013 11:02 PM
Good advise for our friends and clients too..:)
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No, Graph Search doesn't affect your privacy settings, but it surely makes digging up information about you really easy. Now's a good time to review what you're sharing and how you're sharing it. Read this article by Sharon Vaknin on CNET. Via Gust MEES
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Facebook announced plans to make its privacy control settings easier to find this month, and now a series of new menus and notifications has begun to roll out to users of the social ... Via Gust MEES
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Did you know that complete strangers, can search Facebook's database for your phone number and find your profile and grab your name, profile picture and more besides? Here is how to stop it.
Learn more:
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/