Keyword: Internet Privacy

Facebook controversy may lead to FTC probe – not so fricitonless after all

Facebook controversy may lead to FTC probe – not so fricitonless after all

Facebook tracking all users even after logged out It was recently exposed by Dave Winer at Scripting.com that Facebook keeps tabs on where you are browsing without your consent and shortly thereafter, entrepreneur Nik Cubrilov discovered that by using cookies, Facebook was keeping track of its users even after the logged out, causing outrage at violated privacy of users. Cubrilovic ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/09/30  | 16 Comments News

Facebook’s new default setting is scary, you can change it

Facebook’s new default setting is scary, you can change it

Facebook introduces facial recognition Facebook is like Santa in that it sees you when you’re sleeping, it knows when you’re awake, it knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness’ sake. Not literally, but when we tell you what they’ve done, you might feel like it’s that extreme. Quietly, Facebook has introduced facial recognition software to ...

AGBeat | 2011/06/08  | 30 Comments How to

Google faces global criminal charges for collecting your private info

Google faces global criminal charges for collecting your private info

Google in even MORE hot water Recently, Google has been called to the carpet when it was discovered that Google Street View cars were not just collecting public wifi data such as SSID info, but were “unknowingly” collecting payload data which Google says they have since segregated from other data on the network and as of May they have halted ...

Lani Rosales | 2010/06/22  | 15 Comments News

Do you know if your Facebook status updates are public?

Do you know if your Facebook status updates are public?

Facebook has 99 problems… …and being private ain’t one. Facebook continues to make headlines due to security holes that let friends view your private chats to your privacy settings continually being reset to default to public meaning anyone can see anything you do ranging from status updates to your phone number and email to who your friends are. The reason ...

Lani Rosales | 2010/05/17  | 22 Comments Social Media

Search Wars Heat Up, and it Seems Mozilla Brought a Hot Match

Search Wars Heat Up, and it Seems Mozilla Brought a Hot Match

Bing (the little search engine that could) …launches and begins to gain a little market share and Google overreacts with an “everything, including the kitchen sink” of product launches.  Virtually overwhelming the searching consumer, Google responds with such products as Google Goggles, Real Time Search (a complete waste of resources in this observer’s opinion) and now a new phone, as ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/12/14  | 8 Comments News