A few months ago I mentioned the firesheep extension for Firefox. This is a nifty/scary little critter that does some potentially scary stuff with respect to your social networking accounts. Back when I wrote that post I mentioned one good way to protect yourself is to ensure you’re using SSL … Continue reading
Right after I wrote about SaveFace last night, I learned about another Facebook privacy tool. This one can be found at ReclaimPrivacy.org and is another JavaScript bookmarklet like SaveFace. The ReclaimPrivacy privacy scanner, however, presents a little differently and leaves you with a status once completed. If it finds anything … Continue reading
The folks behind the Untangle Firewall released an interesting little “bookmark utility” called SaveFace today. If you’re concerned about the assorted Facebook privacy issues and not sure you’ve caught everything, this might be worth a shot. No install necessary, just drag the little bookmarklet to your browser’s Favorites bar. Then … Continue reading
The folks at Facebook continue to take the “share everything by default” approach which is probably great for their monetization efforts but is really starting to upset me. This past week they announced something called Instant Personalization (read more). When you visit select Facebook partner sites, they can get your … Continue reading
I’ve been playing around with a new (to me) “integrated communications” client. It centralizes your twitter, Facebook and chat all from one web application. As they say, threadsy groups all of your inbound email and social network messages into a single inbox and all of your Facebook news feed and … Continue reading
