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LinkedIn opts 100 million users into sharing private information within advertisements – Yahoo! News

In order to opt out of social advertising, the LinkedIn user has to take four steps to escape third-party advertisements: Hover over the user name in the top right hand corner of any LinkedIn page and click ‘Settings’. On the Settings page, click ‘Account’. On the Account tab, click ‘Manage Social Advertising’. Uncheck the box next to “LinkedIn [...]

Facebook Now Shares Phone Number & Address With Third-Party Apps

By Can Koklu ⋅ 17/01/2011 ⋅ Post a comment

“Because this is sensitive information,” reads the announcement, “[...]permissions must be explicitly granted to your application by the user via our standard permissions dialogs.” Take a look at the example permission dialogs box, however, and tell us if you think this is enough. As All Facebook points out, there is very little here to call [...]

Internet VS Privacy – A Helpful Venn Diagram | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

By Can Koklu ⋅ 02/11/2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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EVERYBODY PANIC! -> Firesheep Lets You Hack Twitter, Facebook Accounts Easily

By Can Koklu ⋅ 25/10/2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Developer Eric Butler has exposed the soft underbelly of the web with his new Firefox extension, Firesheep, which will let you essentially eavesdrop on any open Wi-Fi network and capture users’ cookies. As Butler explains in his post, “As soon as anyone on the network visits an insecure website known to Firesheep, their name and [...]

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