internet privacy

News about internet privacy

Article | 21/09/2010 Internet privacy conflicts
The Wall Street Journal just published the sixth article in its excellent series about Internet privacy, or the lack of it.
Article | 23/07/2010 Greens slam 'extraordinary' OzLog secrecy
Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam has described as "extraordinary" a decision by the Federal Attorney-General's Department to bl...
Article | 15/07/2010 Surveys: Social-networking users worry about privacy
Privacy remains a concern for a significant portion of people who use social-networking sites, if the findings from two recent surveys are any indicat...
Article | 9/07/2010 Google Wi-Fi gaffe breached Privacy Act: Commissioner
Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis today said her investigation into Google's inadvertent collection of Wi-Fi payload data through its Stree...
Article | 3/07/2010 Facebook targets face-tagging in photos
Facebook, whose members upload more than 100 million photos every day, is testing a feature designed to streamline and increase the tagging of people ...

Tutorials about internet privacy

Article | 18/08/2010 How to choose who sees your photos on Facebook
QUESTION: I signed up for a Facebook account and uploaded some photos to my profile. I was soon contacted out of the blue by someone I didn't want to ...
Article | 18/05/2010 Test your Facebook privacy settings: Here's how
We've been talking about Facebook's privacy mess for days now. We all know the story, right? Privacy controls are broken, everyone's getting irritated...
Article | 23/04/2010 Facebook's new features: How to protect your privacy
Protecting your privacy on Facebook can feel like a full-time job. The social network has made a habit of tweaking its privacy policies with some re...
Article | 5/05/2009 How do I track my kid's surfing?
Tammy Setzer wants a way to keep her children from deleting their Web browsing history.

Features about internet privacy

Article | 13/09/2010 Things you might not know about Facebook
Facebook has been in the media spotlight this year over privacy concerns, thanks in part cases such as the horrific murder of Sydney teenager Nona Bel...
Article | 2/06/2010 Can Facebook privacy be simple?
Facebook, according to its CEO, is built around the simple idea that people want to share things with "their friends and the people around them."
Article | 29/05/2010 Is there a replacement for Facebook?
Facebook claims to have more than 400 million active users. In fact, according to Web analytics firm Alexa, only Google is a more popular site. So, ...
Article | 27/05/2010 Facebook's privacy fixes can't cure stupid
Facebook deserves plenty of blame for messing too much with its privacy settings, but no amount of fixing will stop people from embarrassing themselve...
Article | 25/05/2010 Is Facebook truly sorry for its privacy sins?
Want an expert lesson in how to respond without actually responding and how to apologize without saying you're sorry? Then you need to read Facebook C...