Tag: FACEBOOK PRIVACY

Share Whenever Facebook rolls out a new feature or tweaks its layout, it usually faces an uproar of criticism from users who had grown oh-so-accustomed to its previous format. The notable exception to this rule, however, is the social network's new profile page layout. Unveiled earlier this month, the new profile pages haven't stirred a whole lot of controversy among Facebook's loyal users ...

Privacy is, without question, the number one concern of virtually every Facebook user. We tend to share a lot on the social network, but we don't necessarily want everyone peering into our lives -- especially not the co-workers, family members and ex-flames scattered throughout our lists. When Facebook unveiled its new Open Graph and Instant Personalization services earlier this year, these ...

Our commenters give us a lot of heat for hating on Facebook (e.g., "Whassamatta, AOL? Jealouz??"), but we have to admit that, from time to time, we love to use the social network to stalk. And, frankly, who doesn't? Employers have known for a few years now that some of the best insight into a job applicant's life is through their unvarnished Facebook profile. Those knee-jerk rants and party pics ...

Share When Facebook launched its Places feature, it was, for some, just another chink in their online privacy armor. The world's most popular social network is quickly creeping into everything we do and turning our lives into easily digestible status updates. Understandably, there are some who would very much prefer that their personal information, especially their location at any given moment, ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The New York Times offers a detailed tutorial on how to hide from "friends" you don't like on Facebook. [From: Gadgetwise] Google unveiled the newest beta of its ...

Facebook's been on the receiving end of a lot of bad press lately, thanks in large part to its morally nebulous privacy policy. But apparently, the site has become so universally hated that politicians are now using it as a weapon to attack their electoral opponents. Two weeks ago, we reported on Kamala Harris, a popular Democrat running for the office of California's attorney general and her ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/06/03/mark-zuckerberg-endures-facebook-privacy-grilling-in-the-d8-hots/'; Mark Zuckerberg sat down with The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the D8 conference on Wednesday evening. The Facebook CEO subjected himself a lengthy interview with the pair that covered topics from privacy, to the future of Facebook, privacy, to management ...

Just days after Mark Zuckerberg's 'Making Control Simple' press conference in Palo Alto, Facebook has begun rolling out its overhauled privacy control dashboard. Only a select few at Switched are seeing the changes (screenshots below), but the full rollout should be complete by next week. Head over to facebook.com/privacy to see if you're among the chosen, and don't miss our guide to the Facebook ...

Share Responding to user backlash, Facebook today unveiled its overhauled Privacy Controls. On first look, it's a radically different set of tools with a redesign control setup than what you're used to. The now "classic" granular settings are still in place, but a new set of umbrella options lets you quickly change several options at once as a first line of privacy defense. The strategy appears ...

Share Today in Palo Alto, Mark Zuckerberg and crew unveiled a drastically reworked set of privacy controls for Facebook, prompted by weeks of backlash (including a push for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate). The changes, as discussed with Senator Chuck Schumer and other consumer advocacy and privacy groups, are designed to give users much tighter and simpler control over what they ...

If you're anything like us, all these recent changes and revelations about your privacy on Facebook has you up in arms. But perhaps you're not quite ready to go cold turkey and delete your account. Maybe you're content to simply lock-down your profile using Facebook's privacy and security settings. Sadly, navigating those tools can be a tad confusing, with Instant Personalization, application ...

Share In the past few weeks, spammers and hackers have feasted on Facebook like King Curtis on bacon. Now, however, it looks as if Facebook has finally decided to take some action. Yesterday, the social network announced on its blog that users will soon benefit from a host of new security features specially designed to "keep the bad guys out." From now on, you can choose to be automatically ...

Share The whining and gnashing of teeth that immediately greet any changes to Facebook have become a cliched social networking punchline. The site, though, is currently being hammered over very real and pertinent concerns that go far beyond mere member tempter-tantrums. The brouhaha began early last year when Facebook implemented, and then almost immediately retracted, new Terms of Service ...

When Facebook implemented new privacy settings last month, the move was initially celebrated. Many users believed that the updated features would give the site's members total and specific control over the information displayed on their profile pages. People are steadily realizing, though, that the controls aren't universal and don't actually apply to certain data, like fan pages, profile pics, ...

Facebook members have developed an infamous yet well-deserved reputation for their rants and temper-tantrums whenever the site implements changes. But, when Facebook announced a plan to empower users with more control over their private information, many members welcomed the opportunity to selectively limit the public availability of their profile photos, updates, and other social networking ...