Tag: PRIVACYSETTINGS

Facebook continues to tweak privacy controls for users, and now they've added mobile access to your privacy settings. The new mobile privacy settings include a list of every application you use, sorted by the last time each app accessed your information. From this list, you can fine-tune the access level of each app individually. Within each app's settings, you can decide whether or not to ...

Say what you will about Sweden's Pirate Party, but they certainly have some kick-ass ideas about protecting the rights of Internet users. Recently the Party announced that they would begin operating the Pirate Bay from within Swedish Parliament -- where they have immunity from prosecution for actions taken as part of their political mandate. Now they're preparing to offer Swedish residents ...

If you want a set-it-and-forget-it option for increasing your Facebook privacy, ReputationDefender may have a solution for you. They've launched a new product called PrivacyDefender that shows you a simple diagram of your current settings and changes them for you automatically. PrivacyDefender's default settings tend toward "friends only," while Facebook's still encourage making your info public. ...

Mark Zuckerberg took to the pages of the Washington Post today to address Facebook users' concerns over the site's complex and confusing privacy settings. Zuckerberg said he's heard what users are saying, and that Facebook will respond by introducing a simpler set of privacy controls in the coming weeks. He said Facebook wanted to give users granular control over settings, but "we just missed ...

My friends think I'm crazy ... overreacting. I've gone and done it, though. I've deactivated my Facebook account. My privacy settings were set to be as restrictive as Facebook allows, and I still didn't feel comfortable with it. Not because I have anything to hide, but because I don't trust Facebook to not use my information (and that of my friends) for evil, or even to adequately protect ...

When Google debuted its social network, Google Buzz, there was an immediate backlash against confusing privacy settings and an auto-add feature that ended up exposing people's profiles to undesirables. Google responded quickly by killing auto-add and making it easier to hide profile info, but the general impression that Buzz is a bit of a privacy nightmare still lingers. TheNextWeb reports that ...