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How to Hide Friends on Facebook

by Barbara J. Feldman July 19, 2011

Did you know that without unfriending them completely, you can keep certain annoying Facebook friends from cluttering up your wall by hiding them? To hide a friend named Tom (for example), simply move your cursor to the X in the upper right-hand corner of one of his updates, and then click “Hide all by Tom.” [...]

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Facebook’s Facial Recognition Service Causes Privacy Issues

by Barbara J. Feldman June 14, 2011

Facebook finds itself in the middle of yet another privacy maelstrom, when they opted all their users into their new facial recognition photo-tagging service. For an analysis of why some think this is “super creepy” and big-brother-ish, read this article from PC World by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal.

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Data Leak at Facebook Compromises Users Information

by Barbara J. Feldman May 31, 2011

Facebook users learned of a data leak earlier this month, when Symantec released details about how advertisers and other third-parties had inadvertent access to your personal information. The bottom line is that by changing your Facebook password now you can stop any additional private information from being leaked.

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Google and Facebook Offer Enhanced Security

by Barbara J. Feldman April 27, 2011

Because our online accounts have become so important, both Google/Gmail and Facebook now offer two-step verification for enhanced security. The basic concept in two-step security is that in addition to your username and password, whenever you login into a new machine/browser you will verify your identity with a single use verification code that is sent [...]

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Facebook Privacy Policy

by Barbara J. Feldman April 19, 2011

Facebook Privacy Policy Facebook has come under serious fire regarding their privacy policy and the sharing of personal information with advertisers to generate revenue.  These things have led to several changed to the social networking giant’s privacy stance, and while many are still skeptical, it seems that the changes are designed to ensure that your [...]

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Facebook Privacy Settings

by Barbara J. Feldman April 19, 2011

Facebook Privacy Settings From protecting your identity to ensuring the safety of your children, there are several privacy settings that Facebook uses to help keep private information private.  However, it should be mentioned that if you want to keep things REALLY private, simply don’t upload it to the internet, regardless of how safe a website [...]

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