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Facebook For IOS Gets Structured Status Updates, Ability To Edit Privacy Settings Of Shared Content

David Cohen — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:31:37 +0000

Facebook released version 6.2 of its application for iOS devices, adding the structured status updates that were previously available only on desktop or via the social network’s mobile site, as well as the ability to edit who can see content users have shared, even if that content was shared in the past.

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IOS App Lets Users Know When Facebook Friends Are ‘OverNear’

David Cohen — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:39:33 +0000

The newest iOS application to take advantage of Facebook’s friends and location features, aptly named OverNear, is aimed at connecting Facebook friends who are “over near” each other.

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STUDY: Parents Have No Clue What Their Kids Are Doing On Facebook, Other Social Networks

David Cohen — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:41:24 +0000

Parents may think they know what their teenagers are doing online, but according to a study released Tuesday by McAfee, they are sorely mistaken.

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STUDY: Facebook’s Mutual Friends Feature Presents Security Concerns, Privacy Risks

David Cohen — Thu, 30 May 2013 10:54:19 +0000

How safe is Facebook’s mutual friends feature? Not very, according to a recent study at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Facebook Squashes Bug That Made Privately Uploaded Photos Via Android Page Manager Public

David Cohen — Tue, 28 May 2013 10:34:42 +0000

Facebook Security fixed a bug over the weekend that affected its Pages Manager application for Android, making privately uploaded photos visible by the public.

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HOW TO: Avoid Facebook Scams

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 27 May 2013 13:52:37 +0000

Scams are all over Facebook. There are stories telling users that Facebook will end on a certain date, miracle diet pills, celebrity sex tapes, and other shady posts. With a little vigilance, though, users can make sure that they’re not continuing the chain. Miranda Perry, staff writer for Scambook, spoke with AllFacebook about ways that people can make sure that they’re not giving away information to scammers or spamming their friends’ News Feeds with malicious links.

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REPORT: Teens Still Use Facebook (And Can Master Privacy Settings)

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:26 +0000

Yes, teenagers use Facebook. And although whether or not they’ll be using Facebook in a few years remains to be seen, the site does have a considerable presence among high-school students. The Pew Research Center recently examined how teens use social media, finding that they don’t like drama and having their parents connected to them, but they stay on Facebook because it plays a key part in the social experience. However, Facebook’s youngest users tend to have no problem configuring privacy settings.

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People Aren’t Stealing Your Facebook Photos: A Lesson In Privacy

Guest Writer — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:22 +0000

A new rumor has been sweeping Facebook — that people are stealing photos of users’ children and posting them to a page called “Infancy.” The status that I saw — which had been shared 600 times back then and more than 3,500 times at the time of writing — claimed that “loads of local kids” were shown, including the author’s own, and demanded the removal of the page. But here’s the deal: The page was automatically generated by Facebook, like this one about rock climbing or this one about food. In fact, above the photographs, it even said, “photos of my friends and infancy.”

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Facebook Pushes Online Safety For LGBT Community

David Cohen — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:53:55 +0000

Facebook continues to look out for its users who are part of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community, using a post on its Facebook Safety page to promote “What LGBT Communities Should Know About Online Safety,” a tip sheet from the LGBT Technology Partnership, Stop Think Connect, and the National Cyber Security Alliance.

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Child Safety Groups Take Aim At Instagram

David Cohen — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:46:38 +0000

Facebook-owned photo-sharing network Instagram is under fire from advocates for children’s safety, with more than 4,500 signatures having been collected on a petition on Change.org that calls for Instagram to make the default settings private for users aged 13 through 17, and not geotag- and geolocation-enabled.

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10 Facebook Mistakes For Graduates To Avoid

David Cohen — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:14:02 +0000

McAfee Internet Security Expert Robert Siciliano shared his list of 10 mistakes graduates should avoid on social networks in a post on McAfee blog, pointing out that the security company’s Love, Relationships, and Technology study found that 13.7 percent of respondents aged 18 through 24 knew someone who lost their job due to images or messaged that were publicly posted.

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INFOGRAPHIC: How Facebook’s Graph Search Affects Your Privacy

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:29:36 +0000

As Graph Search starts to roll out to more users (it’s still in limited beta, with no date set for global rollout), people may be worried about how it affects their privacy. Marketo recently published an infographic, showing how users can update their profile information to ensure that nothing is compromised within Graph Search.

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INFOGRAPHIC: The History Of Facebook’s Privacy Changes

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:26:41 +0000

Privacy changes usually draw the ire of Facebook users, and it’s something that the site is hoping to change through better education and clearer directions. According to a recent infographic from Webpage FX, 61 percent of people surveyed said they didn’t trust Facebook, and 13 million people have said that they have never set or known about their privacy settings.

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Admits That Privacy Changes Have Been Confusing

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:23:00 +0000

One of the chief complaints among Facebook users is that the changes to privacy controls have been far too confusing, with little effort in educating the users. Facebook’s No. 2 official — Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg — agrees. She admitted during a launch party in London for her book, Lean In, that one of the key mistakes the company has made was not explaining privacy controls better.

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Facebook Testing Separate Screens For Different Mobile App Permission Requests

David Cohen — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:49:26 +0000

When Facebook announced last December that it would roll out new privacy options for users, the social network also said it would change the permissions process for applications, requiring them to break down information they were seeking access to in multiple screens, rather than bunching all of the information together in one permissions screen. Now different renditions of this are being tested.

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