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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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New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter

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I don’t know these guys personally, so to say they aren’t spies would be pure conjecture, however, their privacy pledge states … Where does Rapportive get its data from? social networking sites) and private (e.g. If you use Chrome, Firefox or Safari, you can easily add Rapportive by visiting their site.

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Help Me Help You | Almost Savvy

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With an array of buttons to click here and there to manage privacy, sync updates with other sites, and manage spam – how is a person supposed to keep up? It’s no wonder that so many of you are frustrated and confused. You’ve been through it all. All this, in addition to having your account hacked.

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What Happens in Vegas… (Or How to Ruin a Reputation With Just One.

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Regardless of your privacy settings or your own practice of sharing certain thing with friends only, there are no guarantees. One of the behaviors that I find lacking on many social networking site is the trait of common-sense. There is no “Las Vegas&# online.

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Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends | Almost Savvy

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How secure should I feel when using Facebook’s privacy settings to determine which groups of friends can or cannot see particular photos? I only tweet business related tweets there since it is a business site. Should I connect only with family and good friends on Facebook and only business contacts on LinkedIn?

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I Don't Care Where. You. Are. Right. Now. | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

If it is worth it to you to tick off a bunch of your online friends to publicly proclaim that you just earned a GymRat badge on Foursquare and you’re comfortable with the privacy issues of announcing where you are at every given moment, then more power to you.

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Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Just because my work includes strong involvement with social media doesn’t mean that I need to let everyone into my personal life… or for that matter… open my privacy so you can see all my posts. I kind of have an “old school&# approach but I also respect my privacy. Great post. Thanks for playing!