Posts Tagged ‘privacy’
How To Back Up Your Facebook Files (and you’ll be shocked at what you’ll find)
Have you ever backed up your Facebook data? Recently as I was backing up my contacts on LinkedIn (click here to read that post), I wondered if there is a way to back up my business (so far, I can’t seem to find any way you can) but you can back up your actual personal…
Read MoreFacebook Privacy….is there such a thing?
Are you concerned about your Privacy Settings on Facebook? I am. I teach people how to optimize their privacy for a living and to be honest, I’m still not 100% comfortable that everything I’ve set on my own personal account is “safe”. Look at the following graphic from the New York Times which outlines just…
Read MoreFacebook Timeline. Should you be concerned about your privacy? One word: ABSOLUTELY!
I have rolled my personal profile over to the new Facebook Timeline and I emphatically caution “Be afraid….be VERY afraid”. Facebook’s goal with this new navigation is to share everything with everyone you know. Share the route you ran today and how long it took you. Share what you watched on TV, what you’re…
Read MoreNew changes to Facebook Privacy Settings *finally*!
One of my biggest frustrations with Facebook is the “share everything with everyone” ideology. I think Facebook has been able to prey on the ignorance (read: simply not knowing) of the masses of how to optimize their settings. I’ve always had my privacy settings set quite high, but NEVER publish anything I wouldn’t want to…
Read MoreWhat To Do When Your Online Identity is Stolen: It happened to me:
At the end of September 2010, someone with malicious intent, entered my name, my email address (presented to be me), and posted the following on the blog of a well-respected local colleague/competitor named Ann* (*name has been changed) A mutual acquaintance emailed me to let me know he had seen the blog and that a…
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