Monthly Archives: February 2012

Privacy Trainwreck? Hardly.

What is being hailed as Facebook’s “privacy trainwreck” is hardly the hoopla it’s being portrayed as. Privacy seems to be an ongoing problem with Facebook and its users and more often than not, Facebook users blame the website for revealing … Continue reading

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“The Cookie Jar”

Your Privacy data can and will be at anyone’s fingertips. From advertisers to government agencies your data is out there and available. Each time we go to a website, do a search, view a picture or pull data even store … Continue reading

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Danah boyd, Facebook Privacy Trainwreck

No matter how many times any website has “Terms” to agree on, they never really go along with there own terms. Facebook has terms that says there is “privacy” involved, yet everyone knows everyone else secret. I like the way … Continue reading

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Online Privacy

I always knew that protecting your identity online was very important, in addition to protecting it from outsiders. While I was reading the articles, the Facebook article stood out to me the most. I personally am a Facebook user, and … Continue reading

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Facebook Privacy Trainwreck

Facebook definitely has its ups and downs and what dictates these ups and downs are the features included with it. Everything you do that is being broadcasted to hundreds of people(your friends mostly) on facebook is a feature that doesn’t … Continue reading

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Facebook’s TrainWreck.(a mixed bag)

Let me first express how……predictable this article was.Midway through I guessed the author would deviate from his examples and give a “no one knows what the future holds” speech.I was surprised however when she mentioned AT&T’s “Cobot”, (a robot that … Continue reading

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Facebook

Do we ever really have privacy? No we do not, what ever information you pot on to the internet is really accessible for everyone. Facebook is the most unsafe website I believe because of the fact in how you expose.images … Continue reading

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Facebooks Privacy Trainwreck

Boyd’s “Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck” discusses the logic behind why many users were upset with Facebook’s launching a feature referred to as “News Feeds”. With this feature users would login and see updates of the actions, comments and forums their friends … Continue reading

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Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck

Exposure on Facebook is something users, myself especially, dread.  In high school exposure was not such a big thing for me.  I did not care who seen what but now everything has changed.  As you enter the professional world you … Continue reading

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Marshall Online Privacy and Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck

By reading both articles i can now see and understand that privacy is very important. Facebook was made for college studies when it was first made, now everybody is on it, even high school students and adults. It was really … Continue reading

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