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MySpace: The OSINT Left Behind For Collection

Forbes Social Media

MySpace is sometimes referred to as the "Forgotten Social Network." This article is a survey of what could be found. Users abandoning it in favor of other platforms does not mean that it is immune to information gathering.

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FTC Releases Statement About Facebook Privacy #DeleteFacebook

Bill Hartzer

Recently, I’ve been seeing reports from news media outlets that are saying the recent privacy misuse of Facebook users’ data was a data breach–referring to the Cambridge Analytica privacy issue that occurred in 2014. Here’s what actually happened: Someone set up a survey/poll/question web site.

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FTC Releases Statement About Facebook Privacy #DeleteFacebook

Bill Hartzer

Recently, I’ve been seeing reports from news media outlets that are saying the recent privacy misuse of Facebook users’ data was a data breach–referring to the Cambridge Analytica privacy issue that occurred in 2014. Here’s what actually happened: Someone set up a survey/poll/question web site.

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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

Socialized

MySpace Is Where the Young People Hang Out. Everyone knows MySpace is the social network for kids, but in truth, in October, 2006, comScore reported More than Half (51%) of MySpace Visitors are Now Age 35 or Older, as the Site’s Demographic Composition Continues to Shift. That was three years ago! The project took over a month.

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Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs

Firebelly

71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace. The survey also showed that teens are significantly less likely that Gen Y and adults to use Twitter. Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS.

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Cyber Monday Is Here!

Firebelly

Cyber Monday is a marketing term that refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday being the busiest day of the year for retail electronic commerce in the United States. A recent survey shows that 43 percent of online retailers plan to offer special promotions and discounts on Cyber Monday. What is Cyber Monday ?

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Intranet Blog :: E-mail fatigue

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The study culminates a great deal of analysis including a survey of more than 1000 e-mail managers (mostly IT managers and executives, and records and document management specialists). A recent CIO survey found that only 18% of organizations have deployed blogs, and only 13% have deployed wikis. Other study findings: Ã? Best Practices.