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.

Can you trust Google gadgets? Probably not

Posted Jul 25, 2010 - 10:34 pm

A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog entry about a troubling request I received for my location information from an obscure URL.
Internet, Geolocation, Google
Facebook: What's the real story?

Posted Jul 22, 2010 - 12:12 pm

As I noted earlier this week, Facebook just crested 500 million members, and it's been pulling out all the stops to draw attention to that fact.
Internet, Facebook, privacy
Facebook: 500 million ways to say 'I love you'

Posted Jul 20, 2010 - 09:44 am

Facebook is about to announce 500 million members. Its secret: Love, baby. Just love.
Internet, Facebook, Internet
Chatroulette plays Russian roulette with your privacy

Posted Jul 15, 2010 - 12:37 pm

Hate to break this to all those video chat fans out there, but Chatroulette isn't nearly as safe and anonymous as it appears.
Internet, privacy, scammers
Don't look now, but Google is following you

Posted Jul 09, 2010 - 07:43 pm

This location tracking stuff has gotten seriously out of hand. You don't even have to leave your house; just sitting at your computer, somebody somewhere really wants to know exactly where you are.
Internet, Chrome, Geolocation
Are privacy problems killing Facebook?

Posted Jul 07, 2010 - 10:55 pm

Interesting news from the world of Internet bean counters: Facebook’s growth last month stalled to virtually nothing – at least here in the US.
Internet, Facebook, privacy
Facebook apps: Slightly more private, still too spammy

Posted Jul 02, 2010 - 11:35 pm

You probably haven’t noticed yet, but Facebook just made itself a scosh more private this week. You might assume this was in response to that letter a dozen privacy groups sent to Facebook last month. You’d be wrong.
Internet, Facebook, privacy
Digging into the Digg 4.0 alpha

Posted Jun 28, 2010 - 05:51 pm

I admit it. I am not the biggest Digg fan in the world. Nor am I a particularly avid or frequent Digg user. So I can't begin to explain why I was invited to check out the new Digg 4.0 alpha. Maybe they have me confused with someone else. But in any event I was invited, and I have to say overall I'm pleasantly surprised.
Internet, Digg, privacy
Why location privacy is important

Posted Jun 25, 2010 - 03:31 pm

Location, location, location.
Mobile & Wireless, Apple, GPS
Beware of bogus Amazon emails

Posted Jun 23, 2010 - 05:37 pm

I don't know about you, but my inbox has been filling up over the past few days with impressively real-looking spam from Amazon. I get a lot of emails from Amazon anyway (my family is sadly addicted to Amazon Unbox video on demand) but these looked just a little too funky. So naturally I couldn't resist investigating a bit further.
Security, email, phishing

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