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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on May 26th, 2010

According to cnnfn.com, simplification is coming to Facebook privacy configurations. The article starts out with this… By Ben Rooney, staff reporterMay 25, 2010: 6:25 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Facebook confirmed Tuesday that it will simplify its privacy settings, in a move aimed at quelling growing concerns over how much user information is exposed [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on May 4th, 2010

Facebook’s Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline You really need to take a look at this article. It shows how Facebook has slowly and steadily made your privacy disappear. You should carefully consider how this impacts you. – Dan

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on August 6th, 2009

By now we’ve all heard that Twitter was offline for a couple of hours today, and that FaceBook was running slowly. The reports are that they both were victims of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. While this was limited to sites that, admittedly, have little measurable business value, what if it was a [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on June 24th, 2009

Are Facebook and Privacy mutually exclusive? Take a read of this article from Sophos. Simple Facebook flaw put all members at risk of identity theft A flaw has existed in the Facebook security model that has allowed access to private information in a member’s “Basic Information” page. The reminder cannot be made often enough… Be [...]

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