PUBLIC MARKS from ghis with tag privacy

Tips to keep a relative privacy on Facebook.

Excellent parody of Google's vision about privacy.

Interesting article from Karl Dubost about managing privacy (or opacity).

Why Diaspora could be a fail. It started wrong by asking for money, they should have build first a product, demonstrate that a public social network is possible.

With all the privacy issues surrounding Facebook, many people are considering quitting the site altogether. If you're not ready to take it that far, here's how to avoid the privacy breaches without completely deleting your account and losing touch with your friends.

Flash animation showing the evolution of the level of privacy of the different categories of information Facebook knows about you. Now, almost everything is public.

If you're not actively building your identity and establishing a presence online, you're letting search engines cobble together information, good or bad, and write your public story. You need to establish and maintain a healthy online identity.

Avec les Social Plugins introduits il y a quelques jours, Facebook prétend ajouter un bouton “Like” sur toutes les pages du Web. C’est sans doute super pour cette société de savoir qui regarde quelle page de quel site à tout instant, mais, moi, ça ne me plaît pas.

usqu’à présent, Facebook était un « réseau social » qui permettait à ses utilisateurs de se relier entre eux en « devenant amis » pour ainsi partager et publier des informations, des liens et des contenus. [...] Mais voilà, cette semaine, facebook a annoncé ses plans et les changements qu’ils venaient de mettre en place. Et là, la balance a totalement basculé.

Facebook a secoué le monde des technologies en annonçant une série d’innovations majeures qui constituent, prises dans leur ensemble, un mouvement destiné à faire du web tout entier un web social et sémantique.

As the outcry over Google Buzz's privacy has shown us, it's smart to explore settings in Gmail, along with other places you're sharing data with the search giant. Let's take a look at 10 privacy, convenience, and annoyance fixers you should know.

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