Tag Archive for ‘facebook privacy’
Guide to Privacy with Facebook Video Calling
A recent partnership between Facebook and Skype enables anyone on Facebook to call their friends through Facebook using Facebook video calling, also referred to as ‘video chat’. Video chat, like Facebook chat, can only be used between confirmed Facebook friends. For individuals concerned about their privacy, or those with far too many Facebook acquaintances, these [...]
How to Disable Facebook Facial Recognition
Facebook’s tagging feature, which allows your friends to tag pictures that you appear in, now includes a facial recognition algorithm which identifies you automatically and suggests to friends that you may be in the picture. I don’t know about you, but I would feel more comfortable if Facebook did not automatically tell everyone to tag [...]
Avoiding Facebook Likejacking Scams
How to Avoid “Likejacking” Scams on Facebook Everyone who has used Facebook has probably seen some form of likejacking on someone’s wall or even their own. Those links that you know for sure you or your friend did not put on your wall can usually be blamed on likejacking. Likejacking is usually harmless, but it [...]
New Facebook Privacy Settings Put Children at Risk
A change in the way Facebook handles personal information privacy may have already placed your child’s personal information at risk. How did something like this happen? Facebook’s new policy creates egregious privacy concerns. Facebook, who, ironically, does not verify or maintain detailed identification information for Application Developers, now allows any Developer to get mailing addresses, [...]
The Secret Dangers of Facebook
Facebook boasts more than 500 million users, a staggering statistic considering that the social networking giant has come under serious scrutiny in recent years over privacy concerns. This scrutiny has resulted in Facebook undergoing several changes, including the establishment of a new Help Center to advise users on the best ways to stay safe and [...]
Facebook to Sacrifice Social Network Privacy for Better Apps
In an unexpected move, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has ignored objections from online privacy protection advocates, members of Congress, and consumers by indicating that they will continue their controversial plan to allow application developers access to personally-identifying information that users publish on their Facebook page, including names, address, and phone numbers. Previously, application developers, limited [...]
Should Teachers Have Facebook Profiles?
Should teachers use Facebook? It’s a highly debated, hot topic in the education industry and while most schools have social media policies, others are still in the process of creating them. Some school districts, like Lee County Public Schools in Florida, have gone so far as to ask teachers to “defriend” students because they believe [...]
Are You A Facebook Stalker
The terms “stalker” and “cyberstalker” have largely negative connotations, but the truth of the matter is that many adults are guilty of stalking other people online in one form or another. Whether to track an ex, co-worker, or old friend, people all over the country flock to social networking sites like Facebook to try to [...]
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