Thank You For Not Sharing

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.

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
Giving biometric scanners the (fake) finger

Posted Mar 14, 2013 - 03:35 pm

Doctors in Brazil are using phony silicon fingers to fool biometric scanners. Sneaky? Sure. But you really gotta hand it to them.
biometrics, eye scans
How to keep your Facebook account from being hacked (really)

Posted Jan 10, 2012 - 01:17 pm

Want to prevent criminals from hacking your Timeline? Ignore those alarmist Facebook status updates and follow these steps instead.
EPIC, Facebook timeline
How to tell Google Street View to sod off

Posted May 03, 2012 - 12:02 pm

Once again, Google has been caught with its pants down – or, more accurately, it’s been caught pulling down other peoples’ pants.
don't be evil, FCC
Need a music fix? Tune into Murfie

Posted Apr 15, 2013 - 04:56 pm

Want to pack off your CDs, stream music to any device, and buy or swap albums for a song? Murfie will be music to your ears.
Amazon, Apple
Q&A: Privacy pioneer Ray Everett

Posted Nov 23, 2012 - 02:43 pm

Everyone who’s been in the Internet privacy game a while knows Ray Everett. I first met Ray in the late 1990s when I was writing about the scourge of email spam and Everett was the co-founder of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, which was working hard to pass anti-spam legislation.
advertising, DNT

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