Warning Facebook you control your data
There’s currently a Facebook status going around that states the following:
Opening your social network profile
There have been a lot of stories about what happens when you reveal your social network profile, especially your geo-location information. Probably made famo...
Facebook post F8
Right after the Facebook F8 keynote, a 15 year old noted he didn’t understand this new model Facebook was about to roll out. What might not be obvious, is th...
Had your Twitter or Facebook hacked?
If your friends ever tell you that they’ve received spam from your account, but you didn’t send it, likely your account was compromised. The following steps ...
Tech Tip: Secure connection to Facebook
This tip is to create a permanent secure connection to Facebook. You can tell you’re using SSL if the URL starts with https:// instead of http://. When you’r...
Why would Facebook turn your actions into an ad?
Because they can. On Monday, Facebook released a [ video](https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10100328087082670) that shows how their new *sponsored s...
Why would Facebook application developers sell your home address?
Because now they can. Last Friday, after work, Facebook announced they will be providing your home address and telephone number to software developers.
Social networking, what’s next?
In 2008, I was in Ottawa, talking with one of our clients, CIPPIC. Specifically the executive director at the time, about Facebook. There was discussion that...
Web server logs
If you’re looking at a web site in your web browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer etc), it is being served by a web server. According to Netcraft over 50% of w...