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Baby boy bricking it: Zuckerberg announces new privacy features on Facebook

Looking at least twenty years younger than he is, and a billion dollars poorer, a wooden-looking Zuckerberg explains the new Facebook privacy settings.     I’m no dinosaur, but the chap looks like he hasn’t even started shaving yet. And he quite cringeworthily mentions that it was his birthday (26th) was recently. As if to […]

26 May 2010 at 22:22 - Comments

Why Facebook’s privacy policy doesn’t work: We’re not in college anymore

It’s pretty simple what’s going on, now that I’ve had a chance to think. Facebook’s ethos is ‘radical transparency’ Everything should be shared All information should be free We should share all our information This would make us all equal This is why: we have the News Feed the privacy default is public Facebook is built […]

19 May 2010 at 12:21 - Comments

How to: 7 steps to enjoy Facebook and not get paranoid, depressed or crazy

  1. Just check your frickin’ privacy settings. You’ll be happier knowing that your profile is locked down and no nasty corporations are stealing your thoughts. Use this thingamyjig

18 May 2010 at 08:58 - Comments