Archive for the ‘Safety Online’ Category

Can the internet ever provide privacy?

After it came to light that some Facebook developers were not following Facebook's privacy policies, Facebook has assured users that it is clamping down.

Some Facebook applications collect user…

Keeping Teens Safe on Facebook, 5 Privacy Settings

Facebook has an enormous amount of privacy settings that you can use to keep safe. There are 5 main ones that I want to tell you about that will help keep your teen safe while they play the day away …

Keeping Teens Safe on MySpace, 6 Privacy Settings

There are 6 main privacy settings that you can use on MySpace to keep teens safe while they browse around and keep in touch with their friends. For all of these MySpace privacy settings you'll ne…

Virus on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace

Think you're safe when opening videos on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, think again. Like you I often open videos from my friends and get a good laugh doing it, but this time it's no laughing…

How Social Networking Effects Your Doctor

How would you like to come across your doctor's social networking profile just to find out that they were considered the best party animal in his frat at college? Or you discover he's listed …

MySpace Malware Attack

I found information from the I Got Spam blog about a pretty vicious malware attack you can get just by updating your adobe flash player from a link that appears to be from MySpace. It seems that it be…

Facebook In Trouble For Not Deleting Profiles

According to Barry Collins of PC Pro News Facebook is in trouble for not deleting old user accounts. It seems that when someone quits Facebook their information is still kept.

This is good for those…

Is This The End of Social Porn Sites?

In the U.S. there's a bill waiting to be passed that will make it nearly impossible for Adult Social Networking sites to function. They would require that every user verify their identity and thei…

Get a Private Phone Number

Now you can talk on the phone to people you meet on your social networking site without revealing your personal phone number. When you sign up with Ring To Number you'll get a widget that you can …

Scam Alert! Advanced Fee Scams

People have been using this scam for years, and people are still falling for it. Now it's come into the social networking arena. Today I'm going to tell you about it so you don't fall prey…