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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.

Facebook's privacy bait and switch

Posted May 09, 2010 - 11:26 pm

The firestorm over Facebook’s rapidly shrinking privacy protections shows no sign of abating, but you wouldn’t know it by listening to Facebook.
Internet, Facebook, privacy
Facebook is failing on privacy and security

Posted May 05, 2010 - 09:48 pm

First, I need to get something off my chest. This blog, Thank You For Not Sharing (TY4NS), was not intended to be All Facebook, All The Time. It's supposed to be about privacy and social media in general.
Internet, Facebook, security
Facebook's privacy controls are seriously broken

Posted May 02, 2010 - 07:42 pm

I've spent a fair amount of time lately messing about with Facebook's privacy settings, which is almost like having a life, but not quite.
Internet, Facebook, Internet
Facebook gets a little too personal

Posted Apr 28, 2010 - 09:36 pm

When you're a social network with tens of millions of users and you've got the attention of the US Congress, that's almost never a good thing.
Internet, Facebook, privacy
Is your Facebook profile being sold by Russian hackers?

Posted Apr 25, 2010 - 09:06 pm

Want to hear some good news? We now know exactly how much your Facebook profile is worth on the open market: Between 25 and 45 cents, depending on whether you have more than 10 friends. The bad news? How we found out.
Internet, Facebook, malware
What's to like about Facebook's "Like" button?

Posted Apr 22, 2010 - 10:07 am

I couldn't sleep this morning, so I schlepped down to the nearest Wifi cafe. To escape the execrable soft jazz playing in my local beanery I plugged in my noise-canceling ear phones and dialed up Pandora.
Internet, Facebook, social media
Online reputation does matter (no matter what Michael Arrington says)

Posted Apr 19, 2010 - 08:25 pm

You say you don't care what people say about you on the Net? You should. Here's why.
Career, Facebook, reputation management
Five Facebook myths (and how to spot them)

Posted Apr 15, 2010 - 12:00 pm

It’s time for an episode of Mythbusters, social network style. Here are five things you may have heard or thought about Facebook (and its Web 2.0 cousins) that aren’t necessarily true.
Internet, Facebook, privacy
The unvarnished truth about Unvarnished, part II

Posted Apr 13, 2010 - 12:34 pm

In the last episode of TY4NS, I dove into the controversy swirling around Unvarnished, the reputations Web site people love to hate. Why do they hate it?
Career, Careers, Facebook
The unvarnished truth about Unvarnished, part I

Posted Apr 08, 2010 - 01:02 pm

Contrary to popular opinion, Peter Kazanjy is not trying to make the Internet a safer place for slander.
Career, Careers, Facebook

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