Posts Tagged ‘Privacy’
Facebook Privacy Infographic
I love this infographic from WordStream illustrating the diminishing default privacy in Facebook. It certainly reinforces that in this digital age you need to be aware of how to edit your Facebook privacy settings. It’s also interesting to note the amount of times, on average, each person is photographed (at the bottom of the chart)..
How To Manage Facebook Privacy, cont.
In August of 2008 I wrote a blog post on how to adjust your Facebook privacy options within your friend network – this is still something I would suggest reviewing on a regular basis. (Mashable has ‘lists’ as their number one tip for Facebook users.) More recently, however, Facebook has changed the information distributed OUTSIDE.
Computer Vision & 3D Modeling via Photos
After watching Clay Shirkley’s TED Talk presentation last week I had to watch my all time favorite TED Talk; Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth. This was the first TED Talk that really captured my interest. Photosynth has the ability to identify the content within a picture and overlap it with similar pictures. The end.
Google Latitide to Status/Blog
A close friend (“cc” aka Chris Crosby) sent this to me yesterday but I’m just getting around to checking it out this morning; http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-ways-to-share-your-google-latitude.html Two items: “Google Talk location status (beta) automatically updates your Google Talk or Gmail chat status message with your Latitude location.” “The Google Public Location Badge lets you publish your Latitude.
Google Latitide Privacy: +1 for Google
Here’s a very important note on Google’s belief of privacy: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/exclusive-google-takes-stand-location-privacy-alon The key point; “Google has confirmed that its policy will be to require a wiretap order before tracking a Latitude user’s location for law enforcement.” It’s good to see that they still follow their, “Don’t Be Evil” motto. I’m sure this will prove to.
Google’s Picasa to Launch Face Recognition
Big day for Google: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10026577-39.html With a face recognition feature set to launch at noon PDT Tuesday, Google’s Picasa Web Albums will help users label their photos with the names of subjects. That and other changes to the photo-sharing site are joined by a new beta version of the accompanying Picasa 3.0 photo-editing software. The.
Setting up Facebook Privacy & Privledges
I’ve received a few emails from friends about how to best adjust Facebook’s privacy levels. I’m not sure if this is the best way, but I certainly think it’s a step in the right direction and can greatly increase the value and usability of Facebook to you as you won’t have to censor your use.
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Matt is an experienced search engine marketer and analyst. Over the last five years he’s managed small, regional campaigns and international, multi-million dollar campaigns. An active philanthropist, Matt has also.
