Facebook Privacy: First Day Back To School photos

 Children, Online Communities, social media, social networks  16 Responses »
Jan 302012
 

Is it ok to post “First Day Back to School photos” on Facebook? Who will see them? Is it safe – or just “normal”? 

This morning School Kids across Australia are whining and whinging and generally getting antsy. Lunches made, new books packed in new school bags, iPads for those Santa thought were “nice”, crappy laptops for those he didn’t, First Day Back At School photos to be taken and posted on Facebook… Three lads in school uniform

Hold on a minute. Do you really want your little darling’s face & body, with the school they go to, and a handy take-out guide of what they look like dawdling on their way home from school posted up on a public site? Did you share it only with the “Family” list on Facebook? Or was it Public? Do/Don’t care? Global Village vs CyberPrivacy? You tell me.

I’m just glad your brats aren’t under my feet at the mall anymore. I’m going shopping. Heh.

The photo is from the 1930′s. No Facebook then. No decent socks either…

Things to consider: risk assessment (low risk, high risk), the invisible audience (who is watching, how do you know), are you taking privacy away as a choice for kids when they get older (their life is already online cos mum put up there), perhaps there’s a safety pointer too – everyone will know what your kids look like, and the “global neighbourhood village” will come into play, as a crowdsourced “Net Curtain Flicking”. LOL. You tell me.

Remember: if you don’t post photos of your kids, the idiot next door at the birthday party will. And tag them on facebook with what school they go to, and what sports they play.

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Facial Recognition, Privacy and Social Media

 augmented reality, Online Communities, social media, social networks  14 Responses »
May 192011
 

What happens when you point your iPhone, mobile phone or any new camera at a group of people and get their Facebook and Twitter IDs, their last status updates and other goodies – all from the fact the camera does facial recognition? Viewdle – Photo and Video Face Tagging from Viewdle on Vimeo. If you can’t play the video due to access or being at work, here’s some images for you to ponder Facial recognition and pulling in status updates is live to the mobile phone camera, NOT on the computer! This is what I was talking about in this Continue Reading…

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Has Social Media Killed Off Privacy?

 Online Communities, social media, social networks  13 Responses »
May 062011
 

The Social Web becomes the Intelligent Web. What with Tom Tom selling our GPS data to the police that then book us for speeding, and facial recognition connecting our faces to our social networks and the privacy implications that entails,  are we thinking enough about the big issues in our rush to upload, tag and share content in online communities? I’ve finally figured out how to use my iPhone as a GPS Navigation system. It sits in the car now, stuck to the windscreen, giving me directions. I’ve thrown out the old system, and not before time. This week, Tom Continue Reading…

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Facebook: Reclaim Privacy Security and Safety

 Facebook, Online Communities, social media, social networks  19 Responses »
May 182010
 

Facebook keeps changing around what is private and what is public in the default settings. But the crowd is smarter than the individual company so ReclaimPrivacy have tools for you. Also a diagram on private to public social networks. What will take Facebook’s place as the most secure, most protected, most private of sharing spaces online? Somewhere you can comfortably place the photos of the grandkids running around starkers at the beach? The New York Times had an interview with Facebook’s public policy executive, Elliot Schrage. Actually the New York Times crowdsourced the interview questions (collected 300) then presented them Continue Reading…

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Facebook: Open Graph "Like" is the new Beacon

 Facebook, Online Communities, social media, social networks  16 Responses »
Apr 222010
 

Facebook has recently launched a new version of F8 (their development platform) with Open Graph connectivity. You can now “Like” fanpages (instead of “Become a fan”) and with external sites like Pandora, if you “Like” the website (connect to it) you’ll get updates on music. This is basically Beacon in a new dress. For example, say I had a button called Like on this blog. You could click on that Facebook Like button and your friends on Facebook will get a newsfeed item saying “WhateverYourNameIs likes LaurelPapworth.com”. But it doesn’t stop there. Now everytime you are on Flickr, or Slideshare, Continue Reading…

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NOT hiring someone based on Facebook or Twitter

 blogs, Law, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks  17 Responses »
Apr 212010
 

It’s dangerous to Google someone and then not give them a job – particularly if you tell them what you found and also keep a copy somewhere. Here a potential employer blogged about not hiring someone because she tweeted “I can’t bludge anymore”. Commonsense says you wouldn’t want that person as an employee but what does the law say? I did a co-presentation with Nick from Tresscox on the law and recruitment. Now I’m not a lawyer – I don’t even charge $$$ like one – but what he had to say about the Privacy Commission was interesting: collecting tweets Continue Reading…

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Marie Claire Australia – Socialite social media spats

 blogs, Media, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks  11 Responses »
Jan 172010
 

Marie Claire this month has an article on an online brawl between a model/socialite, a snarky blogger and Google. I know that some of you readers out there in bloggy land like to read traditional media from time to time – especially when a social media goddess a la me (heh) is in it – so here’s the link. When model Liskula Cohen found out she’d been vilified on a vicious blog, she set out to unmask her anonymous attacker – and ended up challenging the way the web works. Lisa Dabscheck investigates. Liskula Cohen inhaled sharply, glanced at her Continue Reading…

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Facebook Detectives and Citizen Investigator

 Facebook, Online Communities, social media, social networks  24 Responses »
Jan 022010
 

A woman tracks down one thief, calling  on Facebook friends to help  and another thief builds up a Fanpage, literally and metaphorically giving the finger to authorities. Why do we resent social networking sites assisting China but cheer when they help British authorities? Is it because China is “bad” and Britain is “good”? Or veiled racism? Do value systems clash on different social networks because of the different communities (countries) they represent?  Don’t look at me, I don’t have the answers to – I just know that “right” and “wrong” have all sorts of grey areas. The ‘net loves grey. Continue Reading…

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Australia: Web Censorship – nocleanfeed gone!

 Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks  7 Responses »
Feb 262009
 

Hot off the press from Asher Moses at Sydney Morning Herald. Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end The Government’s plan to introduce mandatory internet censorship has effectively been scuttled, following an independent senator’s decision to join the Greens and Opposition in blocking any legislation required to get the scheme started. *grabs Asher and starts dancing a jig* w00t!  Twitter is a’rockin’ at the moment. PS no  image cos Fairfax get wierded out by us driving traffic to their site…

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Keep Facebook Private

 consumer gen. media, Facebook, Featured, social media, Social Media Australia  9 Responses »
Feb 032009
 

Facebook is used (mostly) by members as a gated community. They want to keep information within the network, not have it published in the newspaper. News.com.au sucks sometimes: Stinging status leads to Facebook fracas WE are nominating this the Facebook fracas of the week. Names have been changed and bad words bleeped to protect the guilty. Have you seen a bigger row recently? Let us know in the comments below. It all began with a status update. Then it went downhill fast.. This sort of thing disturbs me – I know, I know, we the former passive readers are now Continue Reading…

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Profiles: Identity fraud in social networks

 Featured, Online Communities, social networks  13 Responses »
May 072008
 

I contend that the safest place for your personal information is online, in a social network, and let me tell you why… oh wait, let me set the scene first *moves some chairs around* I’ve been asked my a million people lately for my opinion on scams online and people having their identity in real life taken because they revealed too much on Facebook or whatevs. I have to say, I tend to fob off the questions. Not because they can’t be answered and, not because securing one’s real life identity from ID theft is not important, but because usually Continue Reading…

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Privacy, The Invisible Audience and Oblivious

 blogs, social media  No Responses »
Mar 072008
 

Laurel & Caronne Originally uploaded by laRuth I had no clue this photo was taken. And yet I’m pretty sure that Margarita was my first one of the night. Totally focussed on looking at pr0n errr pictures on Caronne’s phone. You know, I watch what I say and put online, not really wanting the great-grand kiddies coming across a photo of me one day running around topless with my underpants on my head. But it’s all around us now. My attempt to control Brand of One, or Brand of Us is wheeee, out the window. Anyone, at any time, can Continue Reading…

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Australia: Internet filtering and censorship by government

 Children, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks  2 Responses »
Jan 012008
 

EDIT: *getting cross* NO it’s NOT the same ACT. September was Crime and Terrorism. Federal Police inform ACA of sites that are blocked due to crime and err terrorism. December is Content Services. First is Opt In and Second is Opt Out. Cos we know that pr0n is so much worse than crime and terrorism. Back in September I reported on a new bill passed in the government: Australia you can’t be trusted! (blame Chaser?) From Mashable (why didn’t I see this anywhere else? hmmm?): Is Australia the New China? by Kristen Nicole Several privacy advocates are in an uproar Continue Reading…

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Evil Google and Adelaide

 Online Communities, social networks  1 Response »
Nov 282007
 

First of all, I’m off to Adelaide South Australia for a few days. Me no blog no more. Well, not until I get back. I’ll be popping in to see David N Wallace this afternoon. Adelaide will never recover! And yes, Davo, I got the maps and the directions thank you! My preferred drink is – water. Or grapefruit juice. I’m driving. And my dears… don’t worry: I’m practicing safe internet hookup. By tell y’all about it! (joking, I’ve met DNW in real life before). In time honored tradition, a straight copy and paste from TechRepublic: Google hands over blogger’s Continue Reading…

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Scroogled – the day Google turned Evil

 Online Communities, social networks  1 Response »
Nov 122007
 

Don’t be cross with me, but I feel strangely comforted by the thought of a higher authority (Google) watching over me, plumbing the shallow depths of my consciousness, listening to the household dramas (via their ambient patent on PC/mobile device) and sending me signs and symbols (oh, ok, Ads) that I need to hear and see. Now be honest, don’t you? So nice that someone cares and is concerned and interested. Someone who is Not Evil of course. Or Inept. Governments need not apply. “Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an Continue Reading…

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