Thank You For Not Sharing

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Thank You For Not Sharing (TY4NS) is about your personal privacy and how it's being systematically dismantled by Facebook, Twitter, Google, geo-tracking services, wireless companies, the NSA, your boss, Chinese spies, evil Ukranian botnets, and that creepy guy in the cubicle down the hall. Along with a fair amount of whining, it will offer useful advice about what you should and shouldn't share online, why you should care, and what you can do about getting some of your privacy back before it's too late (and no, it's not too late -- yet).

by Dan Tynan

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Author Dan Tynan has been writing about Internet privacy for the last 3,247 years. He wrote a book on the topic for O'Reilly Media (Computer Privacy Annoyances, now available for only $15.56 at Amazon -- order yours today) and edited a series of articles on Net privacy for PC World that were finalists for a National Magazine Award. During his spare time he is part of the dynamic duo behind eSarcasm, the not-yet-award-winning geek humor site he tends along with JR Raphael.

Take your stinkin’ paws off my Facebook search history, you damn dirty API

Posted Sep 24, 2012 - 03:00 pm

Facebook is storing your search terms and matching your account to your offline purchases. Here's how to opt out now, before it's too late.
anonymity, anonymous searchs
The fake factor: Seven warning signs that Facebook account is bogus

Posted Jul 01, 2012 - 07:00 am

I’ve been spending so much of my time lately in the company of inanimate Facebook accounts I’ve begun to forget what real virtual people are like. But now that I’ve figured out what to look for, I see fakes everywhere.
Facebook
The six biggest changes to Facebook (and how to undo them)

Posted Sep 22, 2011 - 10:18 am

Notice anything different about Facebook lately? Yes, they’ve done it again. Kicked out of their complacency by the emergence of Google+, the social media mavens have unveiled an unprecedented number of changes to coincide with the annual F8 developers conference.
Adblock, Facebook
This is the golden age of Facebook privacy

Posted May 15, 2012 - 12:19 pm

Well, it’s now official: Facebook is planning to offer shares to the public starting this Friday at $34 to $38 a pop. Get yours while they’re hot.
data sharing, data use policy
We know what you (yes, YOU) are doing on Facebook RIGHT NOW

Posted Jun 26, 2012 - 01:56 pm

Ruby W. hates her boss. Mick M. has got a wicked hangover. Lovely Leanne just got herself got some new digits, while Rahim L. is smokin’ de ganga, mon, and thinks you should light up a spliff too.
Facebook, facebook check ins
Web trackers are totally out of control

Posted Mar 21, 2013 - 01:16 pm

More than 1,300 tracking companies are now following us across the Web. But who they are and what they know is a mystery to most.
ads are stalking me, blue kai
Attention shoppers: Retailers can now track you across the mall

Posted Jan 17, 2013 - 01:51 pm

Your favorite big box retailer or discount warehouse will soon be able to track your movements via your smartphone. Meet the next big thing in analytics: You.
Aerohive, aruba
Can Unthink topple Facebook? Unthinkable

Posted Oct 25, 2011 - 05:19 pm

Can a tiny social media startup from Tampa take on Facebook and win? That is the question we’re asking on this thrilling episode of Thank You for Not Sharing.
Facebook, facebook killer
ControlBox may keep spammers and scammers at bay

Posted Mar 19, 2013 - 06:46 pm

Selling items online means exposing personal information to strangers and scammers. Services like ControlBox can make the Net a safer place to sell.
autotrade, scam
Don’t track me, bro: Ad industry whines while privacy wonks waffle

Posted Jun 07, 2012 - 01:22 pm

It seems Microsoft’s decision to turn on the Do Not Track feature in its upcoming Internet Explorer 10 browser by default did not sit well with the online ~~tracking~~ advertising community.
ad industry, DNT

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