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Facebook Users Lax on Privacy, Protecting Their Children Online
Facebook users still do not use privacy controls to protect themselves, and a third of children under 18 are below the site's minimum age of 13, Consumer Reports reported in its June issue.
About 9.5 million Facebook users in the United States still do not use any type of privacy controls on the site, about one out of every five active users in the country, according to the "2011 Consumer Reports State of the Net Survey." The data is surprising, considering Facebook attempted to make some changes last year to address privacy concerns.
Education May Be the Answer
Facebook's problem may be that some users don't realize that they can control what they share. Consumer Reports found that two-thirds of these users not using the privacy controls didn't even know they existed.
"The fact that so many other Facebook users are still in the dark about the controls is troubling," Consumer Reports technology editor Jeffrey Fox wrote in a blog post. "These findings suggest that Facebook needs to further step up its efforts to inform users about the controls and make it easier to access them."
Privacy education isn't the only thing Facebook should be worrying about. Researchers found that about 7.5 million users were under the age of 13, the minimum age to use the site.
Facebook screens users and will reject those under 13, but getting in is as simple as falsifying your birth date. Worse yet, researchers believed that a large number of these profiles were unsupervised by their parents. Is this a problem? You bet: About one million children were harassed or cyberbullied on the site last year alone.
Just "Friend" Your Kid
There's a simple way these parents could be monitoring their children--simply adding them as a "friend." But surprisingly enough, only 18 percent of parents were doing so for those under 10. For those between 13 and 18, it was much higher at 62 percent.
While we may like to think our children are innocent and angelic when they're little, leaving them unsupervised on the Internet is never a good idea. If you're a parent, take the time to ensure your child is safe on Facebook. A little effort could certainly go a long way.
Facebook users still do not use privacy controls to protect themselves, and a third of children under 18 are below the site's minimum age of 13, Consumer Reports reported in its June issue.
About 9.5 million Facebook users in the United States still do not use any type of privacy controls on the site, about one out of every five active users in the country, according to the "2011 Consumer Reports State of the Net Survey." The data is surprising, considering Facebook attempted to make some changes last year to address privacy concerns.
Education May Be the Answer
Facebook's problem may be that some users don't realize that they can control what they share. Consumer Reports found that two-thirds of these users not using the privacy controls didn't even know they existed.
"The fact that so many other Facebook users are still in the dark about the controls is troubling," Consumer Reports technology editor Jeffrey Fox wrote in a blog post. "These findings suggest that Facebook needs to further step up its efforts to inform users about the controls and make it easier to access them."
Privacy education isn't the only thing Facebook should be worrying about. Researchers found that about 7.5 million users were under the age of 13, the minimum age to use the site.
Facebook screens users and will reject those under 13, but getting in is as simple as falsifying your birth date. Worse yet, researchers believed that a large number of these profiles were unsupervised by their parents. Is this a problem? You bet: About one million children were harassed or cyberbullied on the site last year alone.
Just "Friend" Your Kid
There's a simple way these parents could be monitoring their children--simply adding them as a "friend." But surprisingly enough, only 18 percent of parents were doing so for those under 10. For those between 13 and 18, it was much higher at 62 percent.
While we may like to think our children are innocent and angelic when they're little, leaving them unsupervised on the Internet is never a good idea. If you're a parent, take the time to ensure your child is safe on Facebook. A little effort could certainly go a long way.
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Potential Facebook Scam Uses Age Progression as a Lure
Have you gotten a Facebook Chat message that links to a site that purports to show you an age-progression of how you'll look in 20 years? It could be a scam.
We got word late Friday about this latest purported scam, which, judging from comments posted by Facebook users, may be spreading via both Facebook Chat and wall posts. The message users are receiving is as follows:
"haha did you see this yet? it's pretty funny... see what you look like 20 years older, mine is HILARIOUS
[link redacted] whoops sorry meant to send that to someone else 
"
When you click the link in the message, it'll apparently post the above message to your wall or send it to friends via Facebook Chat, thus spreading it to others. It's hard to say for sure if this possible scam is collecting personal information, but you should assume that your account has been compromised, especially if another site asks you for your Facebook login information.
Protect Yourself
First and foremost, you should not click any links that seem even remotely suspicious, even if they're from people you know and trust. If you clicked on a suspicious link that asked you to enter your Facebook login information, you should not enter anything. If you did enter your login information, you should change your Facebook password immediately. Additionally, if this happens to you and you your Facebook password for other sites (say, your Ebay account), you should change that too to be safe (in general, you shouldn't use the same password for multiple sites).
Source : PC World
Have you gotten a Facebook Chat message that links to a site that purports to show you an age-progression of how you'll look in 20 years? It could be a scam.
We got word late Friday about this latest purported scam, which, judging from comments posted by Facebook users, may be spreading via both Facebook Chat and wall posts. The message users are receiving is as follows:
"haha did you see this yet? it's pretty funny... see what you look like 20 years older, mine is HILARIOUS
[link redacted] whoops sorry meant to send that to someone else "When you click the link in the message, it'll apparently post the above message to your wall or send it to friends via Facebook Chat, thus spreading it to others. It's hard to say for sure if this possible scam is collecting personal information, but you should assume that your account has been compromised, especially if another site asks you for your Facebook login information.
Protect Yourself
First and foremost, you should not click any links that seem even remotely suspicious, even if they're from people you know and trust. If you clicked on a suspicious link that asked you to enter your Facebook login information, you should not enter anything. If you did enter your login information, you should change your Facebook password immediately. Additionally, if this happens to you and you your Facebook password for other sites (say, your Ebay account), you should change that too to be safe (in general, you shouldn't use the same password for multiple sites).
Source : PC World
Facebook to allow further music integration
Los Angeles: Facebook is preparing to bolster the programming tools it offers to licensed music services like Rhapsody, Spotify, MOG and Rdio to make it easier for users of the social network to find out what songs their friends are digging.
A person familiar with the matter says the tools won't amount to a unique music service on its own since Facebook has not negotiated licensing deals with major music companies.
But it will make give Facebook users yet another reason to stick around.
The person was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter and declined to be identified.
Facebook is expected to reveal the specific set of tools at its developer conference, called f8, on September 22.
Source: Ibn
Los Angeles: Facebook is preparing to bolster the programming tools it offers to licensed music services like Rhapsody, Spotify, MOG and Rdio to make it easier for users of the social network to find out what songs their friends are digging.
A person familiar with the matter says the tools won't amount to a unique music service on its own since Facebook has not negotiated licensing deals with major music companies.
But it will make give Facebook users yet another reason to stick around.
The person was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter and declined to be identified.
Facebook is expected to reveal the specific set of tools at its developer conference, called f8, on September 22.
Source: Ibn
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Facebook prepping a 'Translate' button for its pages, say reports
Facebook is reportedly prepping a new feature that will allow its users to view others' wall posts in the language of their choice with just a single click. The “Translate” button, reports say, is presently visible to only a handful of Facebook users and is expected to be rolled out elsewhere very soon.
According to InsideFacebook, the new button is placed next to the “Like” option. On clicking the “Translate” button, the language in which the status or post was originally written gets translated to the user's profile language or the default language they've set. The “Translate” button is then replaced by a “Original” button, which allows the users to switch back to the original language.
While the InsideFacebook report does not clarify how many languages are actually supported by the feature, it tips English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, and Chinese as the languages available at rollout. The feature, however, does not work for all comments. In case Facebook is unable to translate the content, it will return with an error message stating: “There is no translation available for this story at the moment."
Moreover, the new feature is limited to Facebook pages presently. Also, there is no word on a mass-translate option that will translate a foreign user's profile into one's native language. However, the new move will certainly help Facebook users get much more access to the global community on the social networking platform. After the availability of the new Translate feature, the users will not need to use a third-party translate tool to post texts in their language of choice.
Source : Digit
Facebook is reportedly prepping a new feature that will allow its users to view others' wall posts in the language of their choice with just a single click. The “Translate” button, reports say, is presently visible to only a handful of Facebook users and is expected to be rolled out elsewhere very soon.
According to InsideFacebook, the new button is placed next to the “Like” option. On clicking the “Translate” button, the language in which the status or post was originally written gets translated to the user's profile language or the default language they've set. The “Translate” button is then replaced by a “Original” button, which allows the users to switch back to the original language.
While the InsideFacebook report does not clarify how many languages are actually supported by the feature, it tips English, Spanish, French, Hebrew, and Chinese as the languages available at rollout. The feature, however, does not work for all comments. In case Facebook is unable to translate the content, it will return with an error message stating: “There is no translation available for this story at the moment."
Moreover, the new feature is limited to Facebook pages presently. Also, there is no word on a mass-translate option that will translate a foreign user's profile into one's native language. However, the new move will certainly help Facebook users get much more access to the global community on the social networking platform. After the availability of the new Translate feature, the users will not need to use a third-party translate tool to post texts in their language of choice.
Source : Digit
Facebook to offer free online music service
London: In a move that could put it in direct competition with Apple’s iTunes, Facebook is planning to debut its own free online music service this month.
The music platform is expected to be unveiled at Facebook’s developer conference, which kicks off on September 22 in San Francisco, reports the Daily Mail.
The new service will allow 750 million users to access millions of songs instantly via the site, without having to install special software on their PCs.
It also seems highly likely that at least some of the music available via the site will be entirely free - and that users will be able to buy music via the site, a move that pitches Facebook head-on against Apple's iTunes.
“Many of the most popular music services around the world are integrated with Facebook, and we’re constantly talking to our partners about ways to improve this,” said a Facebook spokesman, although the company declined to provide further details of any upcoming services.
It’s thought that one of the likeliest candidates to partner with Facebook is Spotify, a Swedish music service used by 10 million people worldwide, and highly popular in the UK.
Currently, Spotify offers a library of 15 million songs free - and is seen as a serious challenger to Apple’s iTunes.
London: In a move that could put it in direct competition with Apple’s iTunes, Facebook is planning to debut its own free online music service this month.
The music platform is expected to be unveiled at Facebook’s developer conference, which kicks off on September 22 in San Francisco, reports the Daily Mail.
The new service will allow 750 million users to access millions of songs instantly via the site, without having to install special software on their PCs.
It also seems highly likely that at least some of the music available via the site will be entirely free - and that users will be able to buy music via the site, a move that pitches Facebook head-on against Apple's iTunes.
“Many of the most popular music services around the world are integrated with Facebook, and we’re constantly talking to our partners about ways to improve this,” said a Facebook spokesman, although the company declined to provide further details of any upcoming services.
It’s thought that one of the likeliest candidates to partner with Facebook is Spotify, a Swedish music service used by 10 million people worldwide, and highly popular in the UK.
Currently, Spotify offers a library of 15 million songs free - and is seen as a serious challenger to Apple’s iTunes.
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