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Evolution of Privacy on Facebook

Mindjumpers

During the last couple of years, Facebook’s default privacy settings have become more and more permissive – and often with great confusion to the users. I have found this chart that illustrates Facebook’s evolution of privacy from the early days in 2005 up until recently.

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Some Social Tools You Should Know About

Direct Marketing Observations

PinBoard is a really smart, user-centric, privacy-focused social bookmarking platform. Disqus is a better, real-time comments system for users’ site or blog with fully integrated social network elements. PollDaddy enables users to add quick and easy polls to blog posts.

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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy. Plus, the privacy is only one way (incoming only). I was responding to Kelly who says that the privacy is still one way. Your friends can see them.

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Why does Facebook hate us?

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Why does Facebook hate us? Of course, we cannot forget the massive backlash over privacy issues. The business side of Facebook is losing control of its brand and the user side is losing control of its privacy.

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Facebook Introduces Location Service: Places

Mindjumpers

Facebook has of course also taken privacy into consideration. When you check in you can also tag the friends who are with you or post an update to go with it. Then you can see all the people who are checked in at the same place as you. So you are able to control what you want to share or you can delete your checkins.

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Interested in mobile or internet privacy and security?

The Way of the Web

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Why ‘journalists’ might need the likes of Wikileaks Nokia developers, Absolute Radio and the N8 → Interested in mobile or internet privacy and security?

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Facebook Introduces Location Service: Places

Mindjumpers

Facebook has of course also taken privacy into consideration. When you check in you can also tag the friends who are with you or post an update to go with it. Then you can see all the people who are checked in at the same place as you. So you are able to control what you want to share or you can delete your checkins.