Category Archives: privacy

Path’s Privacy Problems Aren’t Path’s – They’re Apple’s

Posted on February 8, 2012 by jessestay

The world is up in arms about how the mobile application Path, which I covered here as one of the next social networks to watch, has been sending users’ phone directory data back to the service. As someone that knows … Continue reading →

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Facebook to Google+: "Hey Look, We Have This Too – It’s Right Here!"

Posted on August 23, 2011 by jessestay

Facebook announced an expected update to its service today that is scheduled to be released on Thursday. It’s a simple one, which brings to the forefront features that Facebook has had all along and Google+ has been getting all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, privacy, social, Technology | 4 Comments

The Power of Google+: Privacy "Circles" the Entire Experience

Posted on June 30, 2011 by jessestay

Facebook has always had one strength that no other social network (other than perhaps FriendFeed) has seemed to fully get: The fact that you could add friends to lists, and target your updates so only those lists, and specific people you … Continue reading →

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Authenticity vs. Anonymity: Would We Exist if the Constitutional Convention Met Publicly?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by jessestay

In a recent conversation surrounding my involvement with Utah’s FOIA equivalent legislation (called GRAMA) I brought up the point that this nation was built upon people willing to stand up for who they were and risk, quite literally, their lives … Continue reading →

Posted in anonymity, apple social network, authenticity, hb477, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open records, privacy, Technology | 4 Comments

Huffington Post to Scare Users About Their Addresses, Phone Numbers

Posted on March 1, 2011 by jessestay

I decided I should prepare you for what is to come. You’re already seeing (hence my title – you can read more here), and will see over the coming weeks a hailstorm of critique, saying Facebook is sharing your phone … Continue reading →

Posted in address, Facebook, gmail, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, huffington post, paypal, privacy, social, Technology, Telephone number, Yahoo Mail | 3 Comments

Privacy is Not an On and Off Switch – "Do Not Track" is Not the Answer

Posted on January 30, 2011 by jessestay

Victoria Salisbury wrote an excellent blog post today on “Who’s Creepier? Facebook or Google?“.  I’ve been intrigued by the hypocrisy over criticism of Facebook’s own very granular privacy controls when sites like Google, Foursquare, Gowalla, Twitter, and others have an … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Clients, Facebook, Google, Gowalla, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, information cards, open standards, open web, privacy, Technology, Twitter, WWW | 7 Comments

Facebook Shows its Hand in Privacy

Posted on May 26, 2010 by jessestay

I spoke earlier how I didn’t buy the claims against Mark Zuckerberg trying to steal away our privacy and con people into becoming more public if they didn’t chose to do so. Today Facebook made that even more clear in … Continue reading →

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Mark Zuckerberg – A Cheater? A Stealer? I’m Calling Calacanis’ Bluff

Posted on May 12, 2010 by jessestay

I give – I call.  I’m getting really tired over all the “I’m deleting my Facebook because they have gone corrupt” posts all over the place.  Some of the smartest minds in the industry (and those I respect most) are … Continue reading →

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Yes, Facebook Broke Your Trust, and Yes, That’s a Good Thing

Posted on May 10, 2010 by jessestay

It seems like every other post I read these days is about whether Facebook violated users trust, or whether they were wrong, or right in opening up more.  It’s eerily repetitive for someone that’s written 2 (and 3rd on the … Continue reading →

Posted in anonymity, data, Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open, privacy, social, Technology | 24 Comments

Is Google’s Position Towards Default Privacy a Good Thing?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by jessestay

I’ve been openly critical about Google’s lack of privacy in their launch of Buzz (and I argue other things as well), and its’ opt-in attitude towards opening up contacts and settings people previously thought were private.  That doesn’t change.  However, … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Facebook, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, privacy, publicly available information, Technology | 2 Comments