Archive for May, 2010

Account deactivation is not a valid alternative to account deletion

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I wouldn’t have even brought this up, really, unless I hadn’t encountered it in two places at once. I won’t even call it a trend yet. In fact, I hope that this article sparks some public discourse of this potential issue and nips it in the bud. What I’m talking about, if not made clear [...]

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Diaspora aims squarely at obviating corporate social networks

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Yesterday I posted that I am done with Facebook. Today, Facebook’s entire company (according to them) had a sit-down regarding privacy. Another thing that happened today. I received a Welcome Back email from Facebook, even though this was the second time I’d told them I wanted my account deleted. As a result, I spent half [...]

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Facebook is dead to me now…

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As you mayhaps have divined from the title of this post, I have decided to abandon the trainwreck formerly known as Facebook. I want to make it clear up front that it has nothing to do with any of my friends or anything which anyone I know has done something. This is all on Facebook [...]

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How to stop viruses and malware from getting on your computer

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[UPDATE: I'm a dork. I didn't realize that the article I was responding to was from 2005. My analysis remains valid, though. It would be interesting to find out how many verified exploit potentials have been found in Mac OS X and Safari which have been actively pursued. I'm betting the number is really small. [...]

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