On the Internet, privacy and security are major concerns, especially as hacking on Twitter is more rampant than ever.
In order to protect your Twitter account from hackers – be they intentionally targeting your account, or including you in a systematic sweep – follow these five tips, below.
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The New Year is a great time to take stock of your Twitter account, making sure your bio is optimized, your avatar is a good reflection of you and the list of who you follow is honed.
One easy first Twitter New Year’s Resolution is to clean up your Twitter permissions – in fact, all your social media permissions – with an all-in-one app called MyPermissions.
Twitter is a network that praises transparency. If you’re honest about who you are, you can’t go wrong in your tweets, right?
Well, there’s honest as in “I made a mistake and now I’m owning up to it”, but there’s also honest as in “here is all my personal info, do with it what you will”. In your path to honesty and transparency online, here are 5 things you should never, ever share.
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Think all the big tech companies could give a shoot less about your privacy concerns? Think again.
Twitter is smacking the ball back at the U.S. government and appealing a court order to release a protester’s tweets.
Your move, cyber spies!
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has rated the top internet companies on their efforts to protect user privacy when governments request access. And Twitter gets a stellar 3.5 out of 4 stars – the second highest rating among its peers.
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Tweetdeck released some new features today and there’s one item that is particularly interesting. If you’re hearing spy music play in your mind, then the image accompanying this post has done its job.
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Do you plan to take the TAG Challenge in ten days? No, it isn’t a gimmick promoting a new body spray. And it isn’t another time-consuming app for your iPhone. It’s a social gaming competition where participants are tasked with using social media to get out in the real world and find and then photograph five fictional jewel thieves. The first team to accomplish this task wins $5,000. And chances are, the winning team will rely primarily on Twitter.
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Twitter is one defendant among 17 being named in a privacy lawsuit. The company and its co-defendants are being accused by 13 individuals of uploading user address books on smartphones without permission or notification.
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Do you know who has access to your private information? If you’re an iPhone user, I bet Twitter has access to more of it than you’re aware of.
By clicking the “Find Friends” feature to scan your contact list for people already on Twitter, you’ve given Twitter access to your entire contact list, and allowed them to store it in their servers for a full 18 months.
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New privacy legislation proposed in the European Union will require Twitter, Facebook, Google and other mega internet companies to delete all user data if that user wishes it deleted – or else face hefty fines.
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