Privacy and the internet
SHOULD PEOPLE be allowed to change their names to disassociate themselves from embarrassing youthful follies or damaging indiscretions recorded on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter? Eric Schmidt, chief executive of internet search engine Google, believes they should. He bases his argument on the modern reality that details of the private lives and [...]
Florida teachers warned not to ‘friend’ students online
(AFP) – MIAMI — A Florida school district has told teachers not to be “friends” with students on social networking sites and to be very careful in using electronic communication to avoid legal and workplace problems. Lee County school officials issued the guidelines Monday at the start of the 2010-2011 school year, warning teachers not [...]
Keeping kids safe on social networks
Parents of children on social networks have to find a balance – with their kids – as to what they share and how they share it By William Wolfe-Wylie, QMI Agency Andrew Godmere signed up for Facebook when he was 12 years old. At the time, only his friends could find him thanks to security [...]
More About Safety at Facebook
Joe Sullivan announced on July 26 that Facebook has launched a new “Facebook Safety Page”. They expect to regularly post relevant content into their expanded “Safety Center”. It appears the Safety Center is where service users can look for new Facebook initiatives related to safety as well as for educational materials form “Internet safety experts” [...]
The Golden Rule of Social Media Security
By Jason – We know that when security advice gets too complicated, most people stop listening. So while you still may be paying attention, let me offer just one “Golden Rule” that will help protect you on any of your favorite social networks: LINKS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS. Cybercriminals know that we love to click [...]
Information you post could be harmful and you won’t even know it
by Doug Hanchard You post a news bit on Twitter which cascades to all your followers. And you also decide to retweet some tweets from the users you follow. You’re now updated on everything you needed from that application and log off. You login into Facebook and do the same thing. Find out what’s going on [...]
Lawsuit Seeks Information on How Government Uses Social-Networking Sites
By Matthew Harwood A prominent hi-tech civil liberties organization filed suit in federal court yesterday to impel a half-dozen government agencies to disclose the policies and procedures that govern how they access, collect, and store information from social networking Web sites. The 8-page lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) “seeks the release of [...]
Social Networking Security Risks
Social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Craigslist and Wikipedia, as well as Web services such as eBay and Gmail, enable self-publishing and high interaction between users through blogs, RSS feeds, podcasts and other technologies. These sites attract huge numbers of visitors, making them extremely attractive to hackers.