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Social Media: Can’t Live With it, Can’t Live Without It.

Earlier this month NPR’s Planet Money podcast had a session entitled, “ A War Between States And Corporations ,” where they interviewed Ian Bremmer (President, Eurasia Group). Mr. Bremmer is the author of The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations

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In a cyber-war, we fight for economic well-being

There’s yet another Facebook spam application on the run. It uses this string of text to lure folks: “I am shocked!!! The teacher nearly killed this boy: http://bit.ly/aWeBMl - Worldwide scandal!” If you click on the link, you’re directed to this application: How many have clicked on the link so far?

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Facebook Spam App Du Jour

There’s been a great deal of discussion (controversy?) recently regarding personal privacy and the pursuit of profit. Many pundits are concerned that businesses are putting personal data at risk for financial gains

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Facebook, Google and Privacy

Today is the last day of May and for some people, the last day their Facebook accounts are available online.

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Is It Time to Quit Facebook?

There’s a new Facebook worm out there.

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Warning on Facebook worm "FBHOLE"

Note to Facebook: Your privacy settings are much too difficult for the average individual to fully understand. Even critics of your privacy policies can’t figure them all out. Let’s take Privacy Check for example.

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Facebook Privacy Check

Last week I wrote about The Ghosts of Facebook ; Facebook accounts whose owner didn’t appear to be a real person (in this case someone named Chong Loris). I got quite a bit of reaction to the blog

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What Would Someone do With a Phony Facebook Account?

I do not believe that Chong Loris exists. No picture of her appears to exist. A Google search of her name returns no results

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The Ghosts of Facebook

Wednesday’s Sydney Morning Herald ran a story called The terrors of Twittering: growing up in an unexploded data minefield . Here’s an excerpt: “Party antics and examples of extreme behaviour posted for fun on Facebook and other social networking sites are set to become ghosts that haunt individuals when they try to get credit, homes or jobs as adults.” That’s quite true, digital footprints created today may have later consequences

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