Looks like Mark “Dumb F***s” Zuckerberg is attempting to save some face (pun intended) on Facebook’s privacy issues as of late. After a month of getting slammed by pretty much every major media outlet and their own users, the powers-that-be at FB are going to be rolling out new privacy controls that should allow you [...]
Facebook really is becoming the most popular way to experience a large portion of the Web – I think distressingly so. With every new “feature” release comes another modification and revisit of my security settings, and I’ve already reacted by removing a significant amount of info from my profile. Turns out some kids – I [...]
I’ll admit it, my first web site was hosted by Geocities. There – I said it. And courtesy of Wonder-Tonic.com, you can experience the full glory of where my web skillz would have taken me by going to the Geocitiesizer-ed version of Motogobi.com (warning, URL contains really, really bad music). Picture links to larger screenshot. [...]
My lovely wife might disagree, but I’ve been on Facebook for a while – since you had to petition to have your non-.edu account opened up to it (she’s been on since, like, day 2). At one point I completely destroyed my FB account over drama and “friends” and whatever. Now I’m just getting more [...]
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To coin a phrase from Lifehacker.com, you can choose to completely nuke Google Buzz from your account. Looking at the screenshots via this¬†PCWorld article, I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent FTC complaint filed against Google for the way that the “don’t be evil” search giant handled the rollout of Buzz? [...]
You’ve got to wonder how badly you foobered up your product release when the Electronic Frontier Foundation has this to say about Buzz: If you’re going to use Google Buzz, we recommend that you opt-out during profile creation. If you have already created a profile,¬†change it to private immediately. Then go through the suggested list, [...]
Didn’t realize that Google Buzz gets turned on with some really, really huge privacy-nuking options. WTF, Google? From the Silicon Valley Insider: A Google spokesperson asked us to phrase this claim differently. Like this:¬†“In other words, after you create your profile in Buzz, if you don’t edit any of the default settings, someone could visit [...]
I already have a Facebook account, Google. ‘sides, your iPhone web app seems to suck by not even loading…
Yeah, there were a whole ton of people all pissed off about the latest Facebook terms of service (ToS). As Consumerist says: Make sure you never upload anything you don’t feel comfortable giving away forever, because it’s Facebook’s now. Queue the millions making FB groups denouncing Mark Zuckerberg, and so on. It now looks like [...]