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Lovers of irony take note: Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi has complained about a Facebook privacy breach.
Randi Zuckerberg Not Happy About Facebook Photo Privacy Breach
California Attorney General Kamala Harris addresses the media at a press conference this afternoon in San Francisco. (Credit: Elinor Mills/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO--California's Office of the Attorney General has gotten agreements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard, and Research In Motion to improve privacy protections on mobile apps.
Tech firms agree to privacy protections for mobile apps | InSecurity Complex
Mobile application marketplaces, developers and service providers need to do a better job of protecting children's privacy, according to an Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report released Thursday. The report was based on an FTC survey that found mobile apps for children aren't upfront about what they're doing with user data. “At the FTC, one of our highest priorities is protecting children’s privacy, and parents deserve the tools to help them do that,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz in a statement. "Right now, it is almost impossible to figure out which apps collect data and what they do with it. The kids app ecosystem needs to wake up, and we want to work collaboratively with industry to help ensure parents have the information they need.”
FTC: Apps for Children Raise Privacy Concerns
Kids today enjoy unprecedented access to the Internet. In fact, children ages 8 to 18 spend an average of an hour and a half each day using a computer outside of schoolwork. While the Internet remains an incredible tool for learning and communicating, it has also become a way to track and target children’s online behavior.
The Do Not Track Kids Act
From day one, Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook to become a social utility. He succeeded. Facebook is now a utility for many. The problem with utilities is that they get regulated. Yesterday, I ranted about Facebook and “radical transparency.”
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I’m sitting in a talk listening to Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Foursquare (that’s a photo of Dennis during the talk above). I’m sure you’ve heard of Foursquare, but with it we check in. In the building there are 101 other people checked in. Keep in mind this is NOT New York.
Privacy Reboot Needed
Privacy and the Treacherous Middle Ground
I've always thought that in the venture capital business you either want to be very early or very late but not in the middle. I've also thought you either want to be a boutique with a few investors or an institution with many, but never in the middle with the bureaucracy of an institution but without the scale. And I think privacy is like that.
How to Keep Your Privacy Safe(r) on Facebook - PCWorld
I'm not ready to give up on Facebook yet, like my friend Jason Perlow , but I can understand why he's sick to death of it. The simple truth is that Facebook takes lousy care of your personal information and is happy to sell it to advertisers at the drop of a hat. Now, I lead a pretty public life and I really don't care if anyone knows, for example, that I like watching Dr. Who ; reading the books of Terry Pratchett , or listening to alt.country music . But, I don't want people 'listening' in to my IM (instant message) conversations or Facebook quietly adding applications to my account without me knowing. Facebook is already full of games like Farmville and Mafia Wars that are always trying to get my attention when I have less than zero interest in them.Whether or not you agree with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's assertion that the age of privacy is over , you can likely agree on one thing - Facebook privacy settings are not easily deciphered. If you're not sure whether you've sufficiently protected what you share on Facebook, then ReclaimPrivacy.org has a bookmarklet to help you be as private as you'd like. The bookmarklet (essentially a snippet of Javascript that executes from your browser bar) assesses your Facebook settings in a number of different areas.
Check Your Facebook Privacy Settings With ReclaimPrivacy
Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told a live audience yesterday that if he were to create Facebook again today, user information would by default be public, not private as it was for years until the company changed dramatically in December.
New Tools to Control Your Experience
UPDATE on Thursday, Dec. 10: We've been providing updates about our new privacy controls and answering your most common questions here on the blog . In addition to the video explaining the transition process for privacy settings, we've posted tutorials about using the new Privacy Settings page here and the Publisher privacy controls here . Today, we're launching new tools to give you even greater control over the information you share. Mark Zuckerberg, our founder and CEO, talked about these changes in his post last week . They include a simpler privacy settings page and a tool to control the audience for each and every post you create.We reported yesterday that Facebook is aiming to get people to be more public on the site and that anyone who hasn't changed their privacy settings will now see it "recommended" that their status updates, photos etc. be exposed to the whole web.