Are Facebook Users More Privacy Aware Now?
By February 22, 2012


A study of 1.4 million Facebook users shows a sharp rise in protecting personal information. The most notable statistic was the number of users choosing to hide their friend list. This figure rose over 200% ...

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Nephew Sues Uncle over Embarrassing Facebook Photos
By February 21, 2012


How many times have you cringed or blushed with embarrassment after seeing an unflattering Facebook photo you were tagged in? Facebook has really come under fire for their lack of control in this area. It ...

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Facebook Uses an Army of Third World Moderators to Wade Through Flagged Content
By February 17, 2012


There is often a thick veil of secrecy regarding the inner workings and backend machinery of Facebook and especially Facebook Security. This really isn’t surprising – the less that hackers and scammers know about Facebook’s ...

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Student’s Facebook Photos Stolen and Posted to Pornographic Site
By February 16, 2012


If you think your child’s privacy settings on Facebook really don’t matter – think again. The FBI is investigating an incident where pictures of teen girls were taken from Facebook and placed on a pornographic ...

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Dad Shoots Daughter’s Laptop over Facebook Rant!
By February 10, 2012


Raising children in the Facebook era is certainly no easy task. Apart from the threats of online predators, cyber bullies, hackers, scammers and identity thieves, parents also have to worry about their children posting questionable, ...

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Beware of Fake Facebook Fundraising Campaigns using “Likes” & “Shares”
By February 8, 2012


Just when the sick child hoaxes start to subside, a new round of hoaxes are surfacing on Facebook. This time the subject of the hoaxes are abused or injured animals. A current message circulating on ...

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Please take the ITRC Survey to help with Facebook related ID Theft Issues
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The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nationally recognized non-profit focusing on identity theft and related issues, has just launched a Facebook Social Media Survey to measure interaction trends between internet users and Facebook.  The ...

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150,000 reasons why you should not share with ‘Friends of Friends’ on Facebook
By February 6, 2012


Ok, that might be overstated just a bit. Considering the average Facebook user in a recent survey by The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project had 245 Facebook friends, we can knock it ...

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What is Facebook afraid of?
By February 2, 2012


You’ve no doubt heard that Facebook filed papers with the SEC this week moving forward with their plans to go public. As part of the filing, they are required to list anything that could negatively ...

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By January 31, 2012


We are pleased to announce that we have entered into a partnership agreement with Private WiFi® to provide our site visitors with up-to-date news and privacy resources about how to prevent identity theft and fraud ...

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