Category Archives: Social Media

Strippers are better off than Facebook users

Journalist Farhad Manjoo at Slate recently lampooned the privacy interests of Facebook users, quipping sarcastically...

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is

Imagine a new secretarial agency that provides you with a Personal Assistant. They’re a really...

Calling for a moratorium on SM facial recognition

I’d like to see a moratorium on commercial facial recognition. It should be of acute...

Other thoughts on Real Names

I’m going to follow my own advice and not accept the premise of Google’s and...

‘Cybernfreude’ and Wikileaks

Wikileaks has long been invaluable. So I hate to think that in flooding us with...

Smile! You’re on Candid Apple

Apple is reported to have acquired the “Polar Rose” technology that allows photos to be tagged...

Wikileaks’ ‘defenders’ take the law into their own hands

On ABC Radio PM yesterday, Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu suggested that Wikileaks might...