How to sniff out private information on Facebook
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Social network makes it a snap Facebook users who like to control who gets to see your account details, take note: political views, religious back ground and other sensitive details may be wide open to prying eyes even though you've configured your profile so its viewable only to designated friends.â¦
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Facebook announces that all user profiles will be available to non-users with a new search mechanism dubbed Public Search Listings. That means the once-private profiles will also be indexed by the big search engines, which may alarm some Facebook users. Facebook's search plans are fairly restrictive, but despite the tight security, this is a move away from once restrictive privacy policies.
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An investigation is probing whether Facebook misleads users by advertising itself as a place where students and younger children are safe from adult sexual predators.
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Social-networking sites have become an integral part of life for most teens, with talk of collecting friends and tweaking profile pages peppering chatter both online and off. But if a Connecticut lawmaker has his way, access to the sites by underage users would require parental consent.
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Users will be able to choose whether their pages are revealed to outside search engines.
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By Anonymous  WAN lessons learned  Plus: How to hide your online footprints.
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Insecure and antisocial networking A popular Facebook application that promises users privacy in exchange for opinions on their friends is acting as a stooly by offering the information for others to buy.â¦
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Hackers are likely researching victims on social networking sites such as Linked In, MySpace or Facebook.
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Facebook's advertising system provokes questions about how companies share data.
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It's kind of like Facebook's feed for people who don't do Facebook. http://friendfeed.com/davew  It seems pretty cool.
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Here's how nontechnical users can secure their own instant-messaging conversations such that an attacker is unable to listen in (be it the government or a nosy neighbor).
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WorkLight unveiled a tool that will allow corporate employees to use Facebook at work, while keeping private company information confidential.
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A new free Web browser, slated for official release on Thursday, is designed to protect users' privacy by not retaining details of the Web sites they've searched.
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A new tool seeks to make your searches more private by hiding them in plain sight. TrackMeNot periodically sends fake, innocuous queries to search engines, making it harder for someone to glean your actual search habits by reviewing the companies' logs that contain your queries.
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Fast-growing U.S. social network Web   site Facebook said on Friday it has adopted new privacy   controls following an unprecedented online backlash over a new   feature that let users track their friends online.
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Attorney General ends complaint Social networking site Facebook has reached agreement with the New York Attorney General to strengthen the way it polices its site to make it easier to remove obscene or offensive content.â¦
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Facebook users should not worry that personal details will be searchable on the net, says the social network.