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Facebook to simplify privacy controls

Facebook to simplify privacy controls

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Facebook is to overhaul how its users configure their privacy settings, after facing a media and user revolt over how it handles personal data. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a Washington Post editorial today, said that the company will address user concerns with a new set of privacy options "as soon as possible". "We have heard the feedback. There needs to be a simpler way to control your information. In the coming weeks, we will add privacy controls that are much simpler...



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Zuckerberg photos exposed by Facebook privacy flaw

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Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has had his private photos exposed thanks to a flaw in the way the social network handles the reporting of indecent images. The bug in the system has been around for a couple of weeks now and...


Facebook Bug Exposes Mark Zuckerberg’s Private Photos

Facebook Bug Exposes Mark Zuckerberg’s Private Photos

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A security flaw affecting Facebook has exposed private photos of the website's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The methods to exploit the serious security vulnerability, which allowed anyone to see photos on the platform even...


Mark Zuckerberg Says Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! Collect More User Information than Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg Says Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! Collect More User Information than Facebook

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Facebook co-founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has claimed that Microsoft and other internet companies collect user information without them finding out. According to Seattle Times, the young billionaire made the...


Mark Zuckerberg Back on Google+, Regains Top Position

Mark Zuckerberg Back on Google+, Regains Top Position

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made his Google+ profile public again, after many took his making his profile private a sign of hypocrisy.According to The Inquirer, it was earlier reported that Zuckerberg had changed his privacy...


Facebook Rival Diaspora Source Code Released

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Facebook rival Diaspora has seeded its source code to developers, indicating its launch in the near future.The creators of Diaspora, an open-source social networking project, have released its source code to developers and...


Facebook Privacy Issues Overblown, Claims Zuckerberg

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News@10: Foxconn Investigated by Tech Giants & Facebook Privacy Settings

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Facebook To Compete With Google In War Over Web Supremacy

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Privacy, No Longer An Issue Says Facebook's Zuckerberg

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As promised in a grand missive from Mark Zuckerberg to all 350 million Facebook users, the social networking site is upgrading its privacy settings to allow its users to have enhanced control over the content they want to share...


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Facebook Wants To Include Users In Policy Decisions

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Facebook Responds To User Generated Data Concerns

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Compete released some details about the growth of Facebook, the hottest web property in 2007. The figures have been released after the launch of Facebook's Beacon advertising platform, the apparent PR catastrophe that followed...

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