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Mozilla has been busy over the past few months working on version 4 of its Web browser, and I’ve been enjoying participating in the beta program. It’s had its problems, but as beta replaces beta, the bugs are getting worked out. The organization released a new version of the browser earlier today, beta 11. It’s the first Firefox to include the so-called do-not-track feature.
Facebook has announced new availability of personal information in apps. The announcement is on this page: Platform Updates: New User Object fields, Edge.remove Event and More User Address and Mobile Phone Number We are now making a user’s address and mobile phone number accessible as part of the User Graph object. Because this is sensitive [...]
Recognizing Faces and Challenging Tablets on TechStuff
by Jonathan Strickland | October 22, 2010
There are certain themes that pop up repeatedly in our podcasts. Data security is a big one. Another repeat offender is the importance of critical thinking. A third topic is how can time travel work the way they lay it out in the film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure? Those guys could cause the future to turn out the way they wanted to just by saying “We’ll go back and fix it later.” Seriously, this sort of thing keeps me up at night. But it doesn’t have anything to do with this week’s topics. Privacy, however, played a big role.
Proposed Legislation Would Make Internet Wiretaps Easier
by Jonathan Strickland | September 27, 2010
Glancing through the news this morning, I came across this report from the Associated Press. According to AP, the Obama administration is pushing for new regulations that would require any company that provides electronic communication services make those services easier to wiretap. It’s not that the government would necessarily be tapping more devices — it’s that those devices wouldn’t throw up roadblocks to make obtaining information more difficult.
Public Service Announcement – Six things to never say on Facebook or Twitter
by Marshall Brain | September 16, 2010
This is a simple article that suggests six things you should never be sharing on Facebook…
Yesterday, Facebook unveiled a new feature called Places. It’s another online check-in service that lets you post your location to your Facebook status. If that sounds familiar, it’s probably because you’ve heard of — or even use — one of a dozen other check-in services on the Internet. Perhaps you’ve earned badges in Foursquare, rely on Google Latitude or you get your virtual passport stamped on Gowalla. Many of these services use Facebook’s API to allow you to post your location to Facebook. But now Facebook is cutting out the middle man.
This week on TechStuff, Chris and I talked about two very different topics: fuel cell technology and privacy issues on Facebook. While the two aren’t directly connected, both subjects tie in to current events.
The recent oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has brought new attention to our dependence upon oil. Are there other fuels just as good — or even better — than oil? What about fuel cells?
Facebook has caught a lot of flak recently because of controversial changes to their privacy settings. In this episode, Jonathan and Chris explain what the big deal is with Facebook and privacy.
So Chuck and I just returned from spending the last few days in New York for Internet Week and we had what one might call an incredibly wondrously great time. If you want to find out more, there’s talk and other pics from people who were there on our Facebook page. And hopefully we’ll have some kind of travel log up in the blogs next week.
Are you looking at stuff on the web that you don’t want other people to know about? Modern browsers give you a way to protect yourself from embarrassment or discovery. For example, Google’s Chrome browser offers “incognito mode” as described here…
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