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Internal Documents Reveal The FBI Can Read Your Twitter DMs Without A Warrant

Allison Stadd — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:03 +0000

The White House just hired its first Chief Privacy Officer – straight out of Twitter, no less – but the privacy they may be protecting is that of the FBI, not the American people.

According to new internal documents, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) through a Freedom of Information Act request, the content of your emails, Facebook chats, Twitter DMs and all other forms of digital communication chould be at the disposal of law enforcement agencies, even without a warrant.

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5 Tips For Protecting Your Twitter Account From Hackers

Allison Stadd — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:36 +0000

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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Twitter Hiring Public Policy Expert In D.C. To Fight For Your Right To Privacy

Mary C. Long — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:00:30 +0000

Twitter seems to be constantly harassed by “the man.” In an effort to protect its users’ privacy, Twitter will not release your account info without VERY good reason – and this stance just ticks governments around the world off to no end.

But now it seems Twitter may be mounting a counter-offensive. The microblogging giant is currently seeking a public policy expert to duke it out for them in D.C.

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Watch Out! Twitter Affects How You Are Perceived By Colleagues [STUDY]

Mary C. Long — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:30:33 +0000

Do you consider your audience before tweeting? More importantly, do you consider your audience overall?

Just because someone isn’t your “friend” on Facebook or following you on Twitter, do you think about what they’ll see if they scan through your tweets? You probably should.

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Twitter Celebrates #DataPrivacyDay By Releasing Another Transparency Report

Mary C. Long — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:00:40 +0000

Did you know that today is #DataPrivacyDay? Well, it is. And to celebrate, Twitter is scaring the pants off of misguided kiddies and other online miscreants by releasing its second transparency report.

The good news? Twitter has complied with fewer requests overall.

But the bad news is that there are more requests – so more government entities are aware that this option exists, they’re just not doing it right. Yet.

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Easy New Year’s Resolution: Clean Up Your App Permissions With One Handy App

Allison Stadd — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:00:58 +0000

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.

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You Are What You Tweet

Shea Bennett — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:00:14 +0000

Everything you do, and everything you say on Twitter reflects how the rest of us see YOU as a person.

It isn’t about all those links you share, it isn’t about how often you retweet your friends, and it certainly isn’t about how many followers you have.

It’s about how you behave.

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Twitter Challenges Subpoena Threatening Users’ Consitutional Rights

Mary C. Long — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:45:25 +0000

Remember we told you about the hashtag happy judge a couple of weeks ago who ruled against an Occupy Wall Street protestor attempting to protect his tweets from prosecutors? Well, not only was the judge’s use of hashtags off, but it turns out the judge obviously didn’t have a firm grasp of Twitter’s terms of service either. (Let’s hope.)
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Tracking Athletes’ Tweets Difficult When Parody Posers Are Everywhere

Mary C. Long — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:45:46 +0000

Even respected journalists are sometimes fooled by Twitter accounts claiming to be popular sports figures. With schools facing and handing out penalties for student athletes’ misguided posts more and more often, isn’t it inevitable that one of these “parody” accounts will eventually cross the line and claim to be genuine?
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TweetDeck Bug Reminds Us That “Online Privacy” Is An Oxymoron

Mary C. Long — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:00:51 +0000

Did you hear about the TweetDeck bug that allowed users to login and tweet from other accounts that didn’t belong to them? Well, it got us thinking about applications that we allow to access our data and the reality that “online privacy” really is an oxymoron.
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High School Senior Expelled For Swearing in Tweet [VIDEO]

Mary C. Long — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:45:14 +0000

If you’re in high school and you post a tweet (from home) that’s full of f-bombs should you be expelled from school? That’s the question at the heart of this controversy, but the details will surprise you.
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Shooter May Have Used Twitter To Locate Victims

Mary C. Long — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:35:34 +0000

In Vancouver, two men were shot in front of a popular downtown restaurant. One of the wounded men, 24-year-old rapper Lazeevil, tweeted that he was eating at the restaurant, Italian Kitchen, twice before the shooting happened.
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How To Maintain Personal Privacy on Twitter

Mary C. Long — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:30:28 +0000

How “evolved” are you when it comes to personal privacy on Twitter?

Do you send out personal updates that fall under the “too much information” (TMI) category? Maybe that’s part of what Biz Stone was referring to at a recent speech in Salt Lake City when he shared his observation that “users are still evolving their “digital selves,” particularly on issues of personal privacy.”

If you tweet with any regularity, we have some points you should be aware of – and possibly rethink.
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Social Security 101 – How To Protect Yourself From Malware And Spam On Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shea Bennett — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:00:44 +0000

What do Britney Spears, Lance Armstrong, Barack Obama, Facebook, the Dalai Lama and Fox News all have in common?

Answer: they’ve all had their Twitter profiles hacked. In fact, eight of Twitter’s top 10 most-followed users have had their accounts exploited, largely through to ineffective passwords. With social media now more popular than ever, platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are increasingly littered with viruses, malware and scams, and it’s increasingly essential that users take responsibility and familiarize themselves with the basics of internet security to stay safe.

Bottom line? If it can happen to them, it can happen to you.

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Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn: Social Networking Security And Privacy [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shea Bennett — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:00:33 +0000

As social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn become an increasingly important part of all of our lives, the information that we choose to share on these channels becomes exponentially significant and ‘risky’, inasmuch as what and how often we choose to share the things we are doing with the rest of the world.

Barracuda Labs surveyed people from 21 countries about their social networking habits and attitudes towards online privacy and security.

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