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 [...]
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 [...]
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…