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Security researcher Egor Homakov has discovered a Twitter vulnerability which allows apps to send DMs without requiring explicit user permission. TNW has verified the findings and can ... Via Gust MEES 
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The microblogging site adds a new security measure designed to make it harder for organizations like the National Security Agency to uncover its data. Read this article by Donna Tam on CNET News. Via Gust MEES
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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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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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Video: In this interview from the 2013 RSA Conference, Bruce Schneier details why there is no privacy on the Internet and how government regulation may restore Internet privacy. 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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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. <===
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Gust MEES's curator insight,
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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Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends.
Key findings include:
Teens are sharing more information about themselves on their social media profiles than they did when we last surveyed in 2006:
- 91% post a photo of themselves, up from 79% in 2006.
- 71% post their school name, up from 49%.
- 71% post the city or town where they live, up from 61%.
- 53% post their email address, up from 29%.
- 20% post their cell phone number, up from 2%.
Via Gust MEES
Deanya Lattimore Schempp's curator insight,
May 22, 2013 7:58 AM
The Pew Reports are always fascinating. 
Dave Webb's curator insight,
May 22, 2013 11:28 AM
Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends.
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Big data is not your friend because it can easily be used to reveal highly personal information...
Big data is the Stasi of our online worlds
There are many "silent listeners" in social networks that collect people's "Likes" and other online behaviors so that the information can be sold discretely to third parties. Facebook, Google, and all other social networks, also collect such behavioral information.
===> While the companies say that their behavioral Big Data is stripped of users' names, it is possible to use other databases such as electoral records, demographic information, and location data, to identify individuals by name. It's essentially a secret dossier on more than a 1 billion social network users. <===
While this dossier is fragmented at the moment, sophisticated new technologies will soon make it trivial to pull together a massive amount of sensitive private data on every individual that interacts with the Internet in any way. Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
March 29, 2013 2:04 PM
===> While the companies say that their behavioral Big Data is stripped of users' names, it is possible to use other databases such as electoral records, demographic information, and location data, to identify individuals by name. It's essentially a secret dossier on more than a 1 billion social network users. <===
While this dossier is fragmented at the moment, sophisticated new technologies will soon make it trivial to pull together a massive amount of sensitive private data on every individual that interacts with the Internet in any way.
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
===> BIG BROTHER is watching YOU!!! <===
Gust MEES's curator insight,
March 29, 2013 2:07 PM
===> While the companies say that their behavioral Big Data is stripped of users' names, it is possible to use other databases such as electoral records, demographic information, and location data, to identify individuals by name. It's essentially a secret dossier on more than a 1 billion social network users. <===
While this dossier is fragmented at the moment, sophisticated new technologies will soon make it trivial to pull together a massive amount of sensitive private data on every individual that interacts with the Internet in any way.
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
===> BIG BROTHER is watching YOU!!! <===
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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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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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As a result of the growing NSA revelations, the social microblogging site is upping its defenses by planning to encrypt its direct messaging Service. Via Gust MEES
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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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An infographic detailing which states have the most identity fraud complaints, the most popular strategies used, and some ways to protect yourself. Via Gust MEES
TheSoulfulEMU's curator insight,
September 24, 2013 10:17 AM
"Eye-Brow raising Stats & Facts to Wake up & Protect your Privacy, & Stay Safe Online"
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Thinking of tweeting about an upcoming holiday? Don’t. Thinking of sharing a photo of your latest grand purchase? Don’t. Thinking of checking in at the airport before your vacation? Don’t. Via Gust MEES, ABroaderView
Jhonathan Garcia's curator insight,
July 10, 2013 9:33 PM
Social Media Security Post: Be careful with all the things you post! 
Michelle Gilstrap's curator insight,
July 11, 2013 1:13 PM
Never show photos of your vacation while you are on vacation. Always show photos when you get back home. 
Carmenne Kalyaniwala's curator insight,
October 15, 2013 2:36 AM
An infographic with some important information we can share with students
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More and more we see social media and other application sites on the Internet providing single sign-on (SSO) as a feature or service to their visitors.
I’m sure you’ve visited a site and seen an invitation to logon using your Facebook or Google+ credentials. Many times, these sites also encourage you to share articles to Facebook, Google, or other sites. Amazon recently joined this trend and announced Login with Amazon for their customers to use.
You undoubtedly enjoy the convenience of SSO. After all, it reduces the number of different accounts and passwords that you must remember, and that’s a good thing. Right?
Well, it’s not quite that simple. Any time a company offers you a SSO service, remember that their primary motivation is to find some way to monetize their relationship with you, the consumer.
Via Gust MEES
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Researchers at Canada's University of Victoria have published a website, CATSMI, that provides information on more than 20 social networks privacy policies and what they mean to you. Via Gust MEES
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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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Experts say that the social media technology and the ability for companies to harness our personal information is moving faster than the laws in place to protect our privacy. Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
February 10, 2013 6:43 PM
Privacy matters and it should ALSO get taught in schools!
Check also:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Privacy
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?tag=Privacy
Gust MEES's curator insight,
February 10, 2013 6:46 PM
Privacy matters and it should ALSO get taught in schools!
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"There should be millions of Twitter users that have signed in with Twitter into third-party applications. Some of these applications might have gained access to and might still have access to Twitter users private direct messages," he points out, and advises users to check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access their DMs. Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 22, 2013 11:52 AM
===> check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access YOUR DMs. <===
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 22, 2013 11:54 AM
===> check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access YOUR DMs. <===
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 22, 2013 11:59 AM
===> check third-party applications permissions and revoke the apps to which they never gave permission to access YOUR DMs. <===
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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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