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Raytheon’s Riot Knows Your Next Move… Before You Do: The Social Media Privacy Report

Posted on Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 by

Location-based check-ins can be fun and engaging, but they are also dangerous. In the past, we have blogged about how and why plotting your whereabouts on a social network doesn’t  just mean a loss of privacy, but can also endanger your well being.

Making it even more risky is Raytheon’s Riot, a data-mining software that can track people on social media. Every time you check-in somewhere, post a tweet about where you are going or upload a photo of where you are, you’re creating a footprint of your everyday life. Eventually patterns begin to form and this is where Riot comes in to play.

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Finding New Friends Nearby with Facebook: The Social Media Privacy Report

Posted on Friday, June 29th, 2012 by

Last weekend, Facebook discreetly launched a new mobile feature: Friendshake, a.k.a. Find Friends Nearby.  Initially available via the mobile website and then offered — while still subtly hidden — in the app version of Facebook, the feature was designed to allow users to find potential new friends located in local proximity.  And just as quickly and quietly as the feature appeared, it was pulled from the Facebook experience. Read More

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Sharing on Social Networks Could Lead to an Un-Happy Holiday: The Social Media Privacy Report

Posted on Friday, December 16th, 2011 by

It is the time of year when giving becomes a top priority. And while presents and exchanges of food and drink are the standard during the holidays, make sure you aren’t giving a thief too much information via social media networks. This can give a criminal the potential to burglarize you; turning your holiday joy into sadness. Think of your privacy, security and safety before you post! Read More

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Flickr Introduces Geofences To Protect User Location Privacy: The Social Media Privacy Report

Posted on Friday, September 9th, 2011 by

The photo sharing social network, Flickr, is taking steps to ensure its users’ privacy. Last week the website introduced Geofences, which help mask the location of a photo and thus protect online security and privacy. Read More

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Does Geotagging ‘Creepy’ App Signal End to Photo-Sharing Privacy?

Posted on Thursday, April 14th, 2011

An article on a site called Thinq says a new geolocation information aggregator “aims to gather public information on a targeted individual via social networking services in order to pinpoint their location. It’s remarkably efficient at its job, even in its current early form, and certainly lives up to its name when you see it in use for the first time.” The article points out that although Twitter’s geolocation setting is optional, images shared via a smartphone records the location information anyway and “Creepy finds these photos, downloads them, and extracts the location data.”

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Location Based Check-Ins and the Loss of Your Privacy and Security: The Social Media Privacy Report

Posted on Friday, February 18th, 2011 by

Location Based Services are becoming more popular than ever. On smartphones, users are making the technology mainstream as they locate nearby services and check-in to businesses and establishments. But sharing this much information via social media can hinder your internet security and online privacy. Read More

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