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PrivacyDefender Sets Facebook Privacy Settings in Two Clicks

Posted by Rich Chuckrey in Shorts

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Lifehacker’s Whitson Gordon:

You may be sick of hearing about the Facebook Privacy debacle, but your friends and family may still be in the dark. PrivacyDefender is a Facebook application that shows privacy settings in easy-to-read chart form, and provides three predefined settings to use.

This application takes the pain out of ensuring your Facebook data isn’t shared across the web through Facebook’s data groping ‘Facebook partner’ program. It also helps corral your data from being shared inadvertently by those in your friends list.

It’s not exactly the most granular Facebook security management app, but PrivacyDefender is a good start towards reeling in your Facebook privacy.

Google Street View, Angry Villagers And Cheating Spouses

Posted by Rich Chuckrey in Articles

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Google Street View, Angry Villagers And Cheating SpousesGoogle Street View incidents have already hit the web from a lot of directions, but these follies are still a great subject for some opinionated TechMiso seasoning. So here it goes–

BBC News reported Friday-

…angry residents in Milton Keynes blocked the driver of a Google Street View car when he started taking photographs of their homes.

A troubling response from residents of the affluent type.

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