Mark Zuckerberg said society has loosened up about privacy. But the Facebook CEO was talking about his users; now that he’s a defendant in a New York lawsuit, Zuckerberg is calling for stronger privacy protections. Zuckerberg’s lawyers say Paul Ceglia, the graphic designer suing Zuckerberg for control of Facebook, is trying to pry into the 26-year-old CEO’s personal life. Ceglia [...]

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What do you do if you’re the CEO of a company faced with persistent privacy concerns? If you’re Mark Zuckerberg, you make it so users of your service can’t block you. Mark Zuckerberg recently, mysteriously, became unblockable on Facebook. TechCrunch highlights a funny single-serve website, blockzuck.com. Its only purpose: to point out that if you try to block Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook, [...]

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With anti-piracy outfits and dubious law-firms policing BitTorrent swarms at an increasing rate, many Bittorrent users are looking for ways to hide their identities from the outside world. Here’s an overview of five widely used privacy services. The services discussed in this post range from totally free to costing several dollars a month. The general rule is that free services are generally [...]

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Yesterday Facebook rolled out a new feature called Places that lets you and your friends check in to locations, Foursquare-style. If you’d prefer to keep your location private, or at least stop your friends from posting it, here’s how. If you’re not convinced that posting your location can be a bad thing, check out PleaseRobMe for some evidence. Of course, if you’re careful, [...]

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As expected, Facebook App for iPhone has been updated to version 3.2 with Places support which was announced earlier today. Another welcome change is the addition of an option to set the privacy of status updates. Also, bringing it in tune with iOS4, you can now upload photos and videos in the background to Facebook. The changelog contains a few other bug fixes such as the delay when commenting [...]

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Today at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, CA, the company held an event to show off their new Places product — essentially their check-in service. We spotted in the wild a bit early, but that was only on the touch.facebook.com site (the site built specifically for touchscreen devices). Later tonight, it will be a central part of the new Facebook iPhone app as well. In the introductory video [...]

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A lot can be said about Google Chrome. And most of it should come as no surprise to you, the die-hard PC user that likely has more browsers installed within your operating system than games on your hard drive. That’s not intended to be a disparaging statement; it’s celebratory. You’re a geek. You want to get the best browsing experience possible, which often involves jumping [...]

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Uploading pictures has become one of the most basic features within Facebook. Sharing photographs provides a simple way to interact and stay in touch with those far away or friends just around the corner. You can post pictures from social events, general life events, and more. Companies can also post products and services on their pages to keep the customers updated on new and upcoming products [...]

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Who saw this coming? Oh, right: most everyone. Gotcha. The Federal Government has admitted to storing those full-body scan images that had privacy advocates so worked up over the past few months. This, despite the fact that it said it wouldn’t store the images. Say one thing, do another. Yay. Even more annoying is the fact that these full-body scanning machines were sold to us as not even being [...]

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Net Applications, Top Browser Share Trend report revealed that Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser usage share gains by another 0.42% in July 2010. In edition they also reported that IE 8.0 extended its lead and continues to resonate with customers because of security and privacy features. Previously we have posted IE 8 ad campaign videos featured common online scams and here is the behind the [...]

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