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Monday could mark a dark day in the on-line experience for mainstreamers. For that is the day that Zscaler, mega-preneur Jay Chaudhry's latest foray, launches. The service provides in-the-cloud web filtering of web traffic. That would be the cloud that New York Times' Brad Stone calls, "that all-knowing, pervasive, sometimes unreliable cluster of computers in the digital ether."
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Senate hearings taking place this week will cover online privacy concerns and feature representatives from several prominent Internet companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and others.
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In an effort to curb growing controversy, Google has posted a direct link to its privacy policies on its homepage.
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A court ordered YouTube to release users' names and IP addresses to Viacom as a part of the $1 billion lawsuit against both the video sharing site and parent company Google.
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I'm delighted to welcome John Cass back to the program this week, as he joined Jen Zingsheim and myself for our weekly Radio Roundtable discussion. This week, I wanted to talk to John about his series of posts discussing the "unniversary" of the Cluetrain Manifesto, as well as some other interesting issues that have copped up in the social media world this week.
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Continue reading Cluetrain Questions and More, with John Cass.
Popular social networking site Facebook has reached an agreement with attorneys general in 49 states to work together to make the site safer for younger users, including efforts to stymie online predators.
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What do you get when you cross Google maps, a mobile-based GPS for your friends and Twitter? FireBall! Leonard Lin, one of the founders of Upcoming.org, is releasing his latest project at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week, where conference goers can test out the new tool in beta. We are sure to hear more about this as buzz radiates through the blogosphere.
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Blogger, social media guru and all-around nice guy Chris Brogan joined the program this morning, in part to discuss the upcoming Podcamp Boston 3 but also to share some thoughts on some of the other stories coming out of the social media space this week. He joins CustomScoop CEO Chip Griffin and VP Jennifer Zingsheim on the show this week.
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Following the recent lawsuit filed against Blockbuster Video in the aftermath of the Facebook Beacon debacle late last year, online privacy is a hot button issue. Jonathan Trenn promotes a service at MyDataIsMyData.org that allows users to download a plug-in that helps them determine how much information they'd like to disclose online. Also: Customer service tips, and more on privacy and reputation management.
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Blockbuster has become the first victim (and perhaps not the last) of a lawsuit in response to the Facebook Beacon program, which caused controversy and concern among privacy advocates after launching last fall.
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A Pittsburgh couple, offended by Google's use of images of their home in it's street-level view in Google Maps, is suing the search giant for $25,000 in damages.
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Facebook recently upgraded its security features with much fanfare and some excellent reviews from bloggers. Naturally, they almost immediately experienced a security glitch caused by a hacker. But anyone who thinks that what they put online is 100% secure may be a bit naive, at least according to Sarah Wurrey.
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A flaw in Facebook's image sharing feature briefly exposed
private user photos and created tremors in the blogosphere. The flaw was
reportedly discovered by a Canadian technician who was not convinced by last
week's announcement that Facebook had significantly increased the power of its
privacy tools.
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Facebook ran into trouble late last year with the debut of advertising software that some felt violated users' privacy, known as The Beacon. This year, the popular social networking site is beefing up their privacy policies to set users' minds at ease.
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According to a report in the New York Times, Alaska Airlines is launching a system of targeted advertising on their website, based on consumer interests. The system uses cookies to track the consumer's web habits and targets airline promotions and prices based on the information gathered.
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Ask any parent of a teenager or pre-teen--the privacy of identity and location is their number one concern. This is true for both the online and offline worlds. Yet where in the offline world we have privacy laws that work to protect the identity of the individual, in the online world things aren't so clear cut.
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A recently launched website devoted to salacious gossip on college campuses had students, administrators, and parents wondering how far the boundaries of free speech can be stretched.
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The number of employers actively monitoring not only their employees' web activities, but also conducting other forms of surveillance has shot up since 2001. Lee Hopkins points out the blurring lines between our work and personal lives, and wonders how anyone could possible keep the two separate.
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AT&T announced this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that it was considering the idea of Internet filtering to keep an eye on the sharing of copyrighted materials on peer-to-peer networks. According to the Associated Press, "CEO...
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Peter Scharr, the head of a European Union data privacy group, wants to protect IP addresses under existing rules guarding personal information. Scharr made his case in front of a European Parliament hearing on Internet privacy concerns.
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MySpace has announced a new plan to help protect teenagers from online predators. Together with state attorney generals representing the Working Group on Social Networking, MySpace revealed that it has agreed to more than 60 design and function changes in an effort to shield young users from criminals.
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The advantages of Twitter can be similar to the advantages of living in a small town. Every trip down to the coffee shop, you're liable to bump into someone you know. As we interact on Twitter, it moves from somewhat silly to somewhat indispensable.
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Today is apparently "Beacon Day" in Wurreyville. I was going to post today (and don't worry, still will tomorrow) a fun little write up of "Best Holiday Gifts to Buy the Geek in Your Life," but got sidetracked by a...
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