The South Australian Government recently passed new laws requiring all citizens to post personally identifying information when discussing the State Elections. The information—your full name, and your postcode—will be required whether you post to the AdelaideNow website, your own blog, your Facebook, or your Twitter account. (more…)
Semi-regular thoughts…
February 2, 2010
December 10, 2009
Protecting your information on Facebook
This week, security firm Sophos tested Australian Facebook users to see how many people would add an unknown to their friends list. The tests were a repeat of earlier testing in 2007, where they found 43% of people blindly accepted a friend request from a made-up account belonging to a plastic frog.
The 2009 tests showed that we still aren’t being careful on Social Networks: approximately 46% of people blindly accepted friend requests from people they didn’t know.
So why is this a problem? Because you have a lot of personal information on your Facebook profile—by friending people you don’t know you may be setting yourself up for Identity Theft.
November 18, 2009
Remember The Milk rock my socks
Remember The Milk are awesome.
I’ve been using Remember The Milk for almost a year now and I’ve found it an invaluable tool for staying on top of all my… stuff. From my half-arsed GTD lists, to information about family gatherings, birthdays, and appointments, you name it, I have it in Remember The Milk. (more…)