#privacy

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http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/11/...

Not blogging this as an anti-Facebook thing, just as some interesting information about non-standard...

alasdairw Nov 09, 2010

https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

Here's a plugin you can install and use that will protect you from Firesheep on a lot of sites that...

alasdairw Oct 28, 2010

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/26/how-to-guard-yourse...

This has become a reasonably hot issue in the last week or so, thanks to Firesheep, and I should wri...

alasdairw Oct 27, 2010

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527023047...

By this point, there really isn't a lot of point in saying anything. I'm just y'know, sighing and r...

alasdairw Oct 19, 2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/oct...

I know I sound like a broken record when I link this stuff. Tough. I can't decide if Facebook are...

alasdairw Oct 06, 2010

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/steve-jobs-wa...

This has done the rounds over the last week. Yes, I am profoundly annoyed about this. Yes, were it...

alasdairw Aug 27, 2010

http://billcammack.com/2010/08/19/how-to-disable-f...

Facebook have added 4square like geolocation into their offering. Naturally, they've fucked the pri...

alasdairw Aug 19, 2010

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bankrupt_gay_...

This is why you need to be careful with what data you hand to what websites, kids. You might well t...

alasdairw Jul 13, 2010

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/05/more-privacy-...

For those of you that have remained with them, here's a step by step guide to sorting out your priva...

alasdairw Jun 01, 2010

http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/

If you're staying on facebook, I thoroughly recommend that you use this, to be absolutely sure of wh...

alasdairw May 19, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/12/busi...

I'm not sure I've got all this locked down, even on my ultra-locked-down work-only account. And I a...

alasdairw May 13, 2010

http://geekfeminism.org/2010/05/08/facebook-is-a-f...

This, by the way, it why I get so het up over privacy. This page contains a link to some talk about...

alasdairw May 13, 2010

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-ro...

I know I keep on this hobby-horse. But this article is an excellent summary of why I remain on it,...

alasdairw May 11, 2010

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/05/things-you-ne...

This going to come across a little smug in an "I got out ahead of this" way, but seriously, if you'r...

alasdairw May 05, 2010

http://antumbral.dreamwidth.org/164338.html?format...

LJ are doing the link re-writing thing again. As this post makes clear, the reason it is bad (even...

alasdairw Apr 21, 2010