Older adults are drawn to Facebook so they can check out pictures and updates from family and friends, but may resist using the site because they are worried about who will see their own content, according to a team of researchers.
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Aug 17, 2017
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When I was 15, my parents did not allow me to use AOL Instant Messenger. All of my friends used it, so I had to find a way around this rule. I would be found out if I installed the software on my computer, so I used the web ...
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Feb 21, 2017
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As the world grows more social and connects more online, privacy management is becoming more collaborative, according to Penn State researchers.
Internet
May 11, 2016
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Got hundreds of Facebook friends you hardly know?
Internet
Feb 10, 2016
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Police in western Germany have issued an urgent appeal to parents: don't post photos of your children on social media websites for all to see.
Internet
Oct 14, 2015
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Many smartphone users know that free apps sometimes share private information with third parties, but few, if any, are aware of how frequently this occurs. An experiment at Carnegie Mellon University shows that when people ...
Security
Mar 23, 2015
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Americans have been stepping up efforts to keep their data private since the revelations about vast US government surveillance programs, a survey showed Monday.
Internet
Mar 16, 2015
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Standing on a stage in San Francisco in early 2010, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that as internet users had become more comfortable sharing their lives online, privacy was no longer a "social norm". He had an ...
Security
Sep 15, 2014
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Facebook on Thursday began rolling out its "privacy checkup" aimed at helping users of the huge social network better manage sharing their information and postings.
Internet
Sep 5, 2014
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Facebook on Thursday unveiled a change to its privacy policy aimed at limiting the data shared by new users who may be unfamiliar with the huge social network.
Internet
May 22, 2014
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