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Facebook cited in 20% of U.S. divorces

Facebook use has been cited in 1 of 5 U.S. divorce cases, according to a recent survey among American marriage lawyers. Moreover, more than 80 per cent of divorce lawyers reported a rising number of people using social media for extramarital affairs, according to the survey by the American Academy of...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Sat, Mar 5 2011
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, legal, News, world, Facebook, CBC Canada, Litigation, Malvertising
Facebook Rolls Out new profile

The Facebook take > http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=462201327130 There are issues for those with Facebook accounts to be on the lookout since going to the new profile is a one way ticket.

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Mon, Dec 13 2010
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, News, Facebook, Vulnerabilities, Miscelaneous, Malvertising
Facebook allows users to download their info

Facebook is attempting to answer critics who say it is maintaining a "walled garden" by adding a feature that lets users download all of their information from the social-networking website, to do with as they please. The company introduced the feature on Wednesday, saying it was one of the...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Sun, Oct 10 2010
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, social networking, legal, News, Operating Systems, Facebook, Browsers, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, Miscelaneous, Malvertising
Facebook's Canadian users top 16 million

Privacy concerns don't seem to have scared Canadians off Facebook. Canada passed the 16 million users mark in May, according to research firm Inside Network. More than 912,000 Canadians signed up for the social networking site last month, a six per cent increase in membership Inside Network says...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Fri, Jun 4 2010
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, malware, social networking, legal, News, world, Facebook, Browsers, CBC Canada, Canada, Miscelaneous, Malvertising
Facebook announces new privacy settings

Social-networking site Facebook has introduced a number of new policies and settings amid growing concerns over how it uses members' private information. The website will allow users to completely opt out of the Facebook platform, which will block any and all third parties from viewing their data...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Sun, May 30 2010
Filed under: Filed under: Flags, security, privacy, malware, social networking, legal, News, world, FCC, Facebook, Browsers, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, EU, Miscelaneous, Malvertising
Privacy watchdog rebukes Google for Buzz

Canada's privacy commissioner has chastised Google for not consulting with her before launching its Buzz social-networking service. “We have seen a storm of protest and outrage over alleged privacy violations and my office also has questions about how Google Buzz has met the requirements of...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Thu, Feb 18 2010
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, google, privacy, malware, social networking, legal, News, Operating Systems, Facebook, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, Twitter, Google Buzz
Microsoft adds Facebook, MySpace to Outlook

Microsoft is taking another step toward turning Outlook, its desktop email program, into a hub for information from popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. On Wednesday, Microsoft is releasing a "beta" test version of the Outlook Social Connector. The add-on software,...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Wed, Feb 17 2010
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, malware, social networking, legal, News, Operating Systems, Facebook, Browsers, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, Miscelaneous, Malvertising, software
Canadian Commissioner takes data collection probe to public

Canada's privacy commissioner is launching a series of public consultations to investigate online data collection through social networking and consumer profiling. Jennifer Stoddart will examine the privacy risks associated with the online tracking, profiling and targeting of consumers in the lead...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Mon, Jan 18 2010
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, malware, social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, Canada, Miscelaneous
Facebook fine-tunes privacy controls

Facebook says it is boosting privacy by giving users control over who sees each bit of information they put on the social-networking site, and by doing away with regional and group networks. "We're adding something that many of you have asked for — the ability to control who sees each...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Wed, Dec 2 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, social networking, legal, News, world, Facebook, CBC Canada
Facebook pulls Obama assassination poll

Social website Facebook yanked a poll this week about assassinating President Barack Obama after being contacted by the U.S. Secret Service. On Monday, Facebook dropped a question that asked voters whether the U.S. president "should be killed." http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/29...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Tue, Sep 29 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada
Facebook 'cash flow positive,' signs 300M users

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social networking site has more than 300 million users, and earned more money than it spent last quarter. In a blog post on Facebook, Zuckerberg wrote that the company was "cash flow positive" in the last quarter. He had previously projected...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Wed, Sep 16 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, News, Facebook, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities
Facebook to give users say in new policies

Facebook is trying its hand at democracy. The fast-growing online hangout, whose more than 175 million worldwide users could form the world's sixth-largest country behind Brazil, said Thursday those users will play a "meaningful role" in deciding the site's policies and voting on changes...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Fri, Feb 27 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada
Facebook backs off changes to terms of service

The founder of Facebook says the social networking website will return to its previous terms of service regarding user data, after critics complained recent changes had eroded user privacy. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and CEO, wrote early Wednesday morning that move back to the previous terms...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Wed, Feb 18 2009
Filed under: Filed under: security, social networking, legal, News, Facebook, CBC Canada
The rise of Facebook activism

Copyright reform must have seemed an unlikely hot-button issue in the winter of 2007 — that is, until 50 protesters arrived at Industry Minister Jim Prentice's constituency office in Calgary in December. They were there to voice their complaints about the government's plans to introduce...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Tue, Sep 9 2008
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, social networking, News, Facebook, CBC Canada
Retooled Scrabulous returns to Facebook as Wordscraper

Online Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous has traded in its letters, returning to the popular social network Facebook after a self-imposed exile with a new look and a new name. The new game, called Wordscraper, has a different look and an adjustable board, making it more distinct from the board game Scrabble...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Tue, Aug 26 2008
Filed under: Filed under: security, privacy, updates, social networking, News, Facebook
New worms target both MySpace and Facebook users

New worms target both MySpace and Facebook users Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, has detected two variants of a new worm, Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.a. and Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.b, which attack MySpace and Facebook respectively. As part of their malicious payload...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Tue, Aug 26 2008
Filed under: Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, updates, social networking, virus, News, Facebook
Facebook disables Scrabulous at Mattel's request

A highly popular Scrabble clone already pulled from Facebook in the United States and Canada continued its tumble over the weekend as the website blocked the game throughout most of the world. Facebook said Monday it was forced to disable Scrabulous after one of Scrabble's rights owners, Mattel Inc...

Posted to Siljaline's Blog by siljaline on Tue, Aug 26 2008
Filed under: Filed under: security, social networking, News, Facebook

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