Sometimes, all it takes to stop someone from committing suicide is a guiding voice. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is dedicated to this cause, aiming to give advice to those who are having suicidal thoughts to help them through the rough patch. However, now that more and more people are communicating through the Internet, some…

Many Facebook users are unaware of their “Other” Facebook Messages inbox. Facebook, in its infinite wisdom, created this folder to automatically sort the messages you receive that they deem to be spam or not important due to a lack of connections to you. They committed a similar act when ‘Smart Lists’ were introduced. Users were…

So let’s say that there’s this awesome new app that was just released – a Facebook game that promises to be something that you’ll most definitely enjoy. You want to play it, of course. But then it’s asking for permission to access your data, to post on your wall, among other things. Depending on how…

Facebook, as we all know, is far from a perfect system. Bugs, loopholes, flaws – the site has had its fair share of them over the years. With every new update to the code, it’s highly possible that some discrepancy could crop up and cause quite a bit of trouble. In fact, as it turns…

2011 has shown that awareness powers change in the shape shifting world of virtual socialites We’d like to take a look back at some important moments that have proven the power of knowledge on social platforms and the effects of users’ determination to make their privacy and protection top priority. We believe that the year…

“When you have a problem, face it, don’t Facebook it.” – this is just a joke that’s been making its rounds through Facebook for who knows how long, but there’s real wisdom in it and it would do people really well if they could take it to heart. Too many people have lost their jobs…

The list of people whose lives fall into ruin because of an online misstep is growing longer by the day. Some simply don’t fully understand how anything that they post online can possibly be used against them. As such, they take extreme liberties with what they share online, sometimes using Facebook as a place for them to…

Do you add people whom you don’t really know in real life to your Facebook? If you don’t, then kudos to you, your profile is probably way more secure than those who do. But are you sure that the people you added are really who they say they are? Security and Online Behavior Researcher, Nelson…

Facebook’s dubious privacy practices have long since been considered as open invites for heavy criticism. However, critics believed that there was little that the company actually did to address complaints, often resorting to a strategy of forcing platform changes and then just waiting for the hubbub to die down”. However, in 2009, Facebok finally made…

Here’s a disturbing little tidbit: a cyber-safety survey conducted by Telstra showed that 25% of employers check social networking accounts (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, in particular) before making a decision on hiring. About 50% of them said that what they saw on the net caused them to forego some candidates. Is it even fair for…