Over the Labor Day weekend, Google fed the tech blogosphere a chewy piece of news — the equivalent to peanut butter — the Web couldn’t stop chattering about it. They’re planning on a new project aimed at the Web browser market. I might as well share my feedback on it since I was asked by a couple people this morning. Read more…
I can imagine it now: “Download USADefense 1.0,” patiotically displayed on a plethora of American Web sites, which would intrisnically turn a regular PC (even a junker), into a form of ammunition for the US Air Force to use on their Cyber-enemies. Well, that’s sort of what the government wants…
In an effort to help people better understand what consumer targeting is and what it could become, I share some useful info for the average consumer. (Consumers in this context are Internet users.) Read more…
In response to consumer advocate groups supporting a “Do Not Track” database (to later be ran by the FTC), AOL and Google privacy executives OK’d opting out choices for consumers. In this entry, find out why this isn’t good enough to protect your privacy and security. (And how to fix it.) Read more…
Every modern social media Web site has it. It’s the feature that lets you allow a Web site go into your address book or e-mail provider and add/invite them to join you on the said network. Flickr has it now. What Flickr did so wrong, was that they didn’t anticipate their user’s needs. Let’s extrapolate on this… Read more…
YouTube has rolled out a feature that empowers video creators in understanding the traffic their videos receive. Web Analytics have often been associated with Webmasters or at most Web site owners, but this gives people some real-world insight into what Web sites know about the, all from the kind folks at Google. Read more…
First, let me start off by saying that I acknowledge the fact my risk of my aggregate data could get in the hands of the unknown. Saying that it won’t or can’t happen, is merely denial.
Facebook, which concerned user’s previously about their ability to syndicate user feeds throughout the social network, has absolved their concerns by implementing privacy options that by default are set to public.
That said, I just came across this video today that raises the question about government data mining interests, and the theoretical connection to Facebook. I’d like to informally suggest that Facebook isn’t alone, and I’m sure that Myspace and Bebo have plenty of data mining interests on board, but it does raise the question to their Terms of Service and Privacy Policies.
Do I think Facebook will go to the dark side? No. However, I do like the fact people are questioning their motives and interests in regard to handling of their personal information.
