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The Dark Side of Social Media and Privacy
At PodCamp Toronto yesterday, one of the intriguing sessions was Brad Buset’s presentation about privacy, and how there needs to be more awareness of how much information we’re disclosing via social networks.
It’s an issue that has been lost in the shuffle amid the excitement about sharing what you’re doing, thinking, eating, going, drinking, buying and [...]
Hello, Social Media Addiction; Goodbye, Privacy
If Foursquare wasn’t enough to meet the need for a new and shiny social media play-thing, there’s also lot of excitement in Blippy, which lets users publicly share their purchases – e.g Joe Smith just spent $18.85 at La Senza.
I’m a social create with a reasonably healthy appetite for sharing ideas, content and interesting Web [...]
Social Media is Killing Everyone’s Privacy
Six years ago, basketball star Kobe Bryant was arrested for sexual assault involved a young woman in a Colorado hotel room. The charges were dropped after his accuser, Katelyn Faber, declined to testify at a trial. To make amends to his wife, Bryant bought her a $4-million ring. While there was certainly a lot of [...]
Is Total Disclosure Really Necessary?
One of the pillars of the social media revolution over the past few years has been the enthusiastic and insatiable desire among tens of millions of people to talk about what they’re doing – everything from the need to have a coffee and how their cat is sick to views on world politics and the [...]
Should We Care about Privacy?