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  • 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...
  • Article | 24/05/2010 Good-bye to privacy?
    New Yorker Barry Hoggard draws a line in the sand when it comes to online privacy. In May he said farewell to 1251 Facebook friends by deleting his ac...
  • Article | 22/05/2010 60 percent would quit Facebook? Yeah, right
    Facebook's privacy problems reportedly have the social network rethinking its approach, and a new poll suggests that the threat of user decline is rea...
  • Article | 21/05/2010 AVG puts spotlight on Facebook
    Just how much personal information are you releasing when you use Facebook? Facebook may be giving third-party advertisers your personal information w...
  • Article | 15/05/2010 Facebook's Battering: Good for Competition?
    As complaints about Facebook continue to pile up to epic proportions, its competitors are receiving glittering press, financial support, and spikes in...
  • Article | 4/05/2010 Open letter to Facebook on privacy
    Facebook appears to be working diligently at establishing itself as the site that people love to hate. Don't get me wrong, passionate views are a mark...
  • Article | 27/04/2010 Google's privacy afterthought
    A few days ago, 10 privacy commissioners from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Israel, Ireland, The Netherlands and New Zeal...
  • Article | 12/01/2010 Facebook CEO challenges the social norm of privacy
    Lost in the flurry of products announcements at last week's Consumer Electronics Show was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion on Friday that som...
  • Article | 15/05/2009 The hidden secrets of online quizzes
    I am a genius. I'm charismatic, kind, and understanding. I'm also a Disney princess named Aurora and the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe.
  • Article | 6/05/2009 Use the Internet, lose your privacy
    Bruce Schneier, author and computer security expert, wrote a good reality-check essay on the subject of online privacy, or the lack thereof.

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