Citizens across the country rallied in January to defeat SOPA, a dreadful bill that could have wrecked the Internet as we know it. The proponents of SOPA didn’t wait long to strike again. The new legistative threat the House is scheduled to vote on this week is CISPA – The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection…

Privacyscore, a project conducted by Privacychoice, recently released a Facebook application that rates the privacy risks of the most popular Facebook applications. Pictured below is what you’ll see when you visit the app. Hovering over one of the featured apps, displays their score. Clicking on a particular app will not only show the score assigned to…

Many Facebook users have an aversion to third party Facebook applications and rightly so. The platform is riddled with rogue apps that are used to spread spam, scams and malware. Also, it is a huge privacy risk to give unknown application developers access to your private Facebook data. You might be surprised to know that…

We have written numerous articles in the past about potential employers and university admissions offices requiring applicants to divulge their Facebook passwords during the application process. The last week or so has seen this issue receive a firestorm of media attention. Even Facebook itself weighed in on Friday with a blog post by its Chief…

According to Javelin Strategy & Research, the rate of Identity Fraud increased by 13 percent in 2011. Over 11.6 million adults were victimized in the United States. On a positive note, the dollar amount stolen remained constant. James Van Dyke, president and founder of Javelin Strategy & Research, attributes this to consumers, the financial services…

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% during the 15-month period of the study. Further analysis revealed that women and higher income users were more apt to…

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 website. The victim’s ages range from 14-17 years old. The good news is that the photos showed the girls fully…

Ok, that might be overstated just a bit. Considering the average Facebook user in a 2012 survey by The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project had 245 Facebook friends, we can knock it down to 149,755 reasons. The title of the project is actually, “Why most Facebook users get more than they give,”…

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 impact the value of the company. Facebook listed 35 risk factors that could seriously impact shareholder value. Mashable breaks all…

Anonymous released a video today stating that the hactivist group is planning to attack Facebook on January 28, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. The video begins with the following statement, “An online war has begun between Anonymous, the people, and the government of the United States.” ‘Operation Global Blackout’ is planned because Anonymous wants the ‘People…