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In light of our discussion on online privacy, interesting article on the erosion of privacy and why its a good thing.

This is related to an article from the CBC that I posted a few days ago about Facebook's new privacy policy. The article discusses the fake message from Facebook that has gone viral related to Facebook's new privacy policy.

Building off of Yates article...Union Square Ventures recently posted an opening for an investment analyst. Instead of asking for résumés, the New York venture-capital firm asked applicants to send links representing their "Web presence," such as a Twitter account or Tumblr blog. Something to think about when applying for internships and jobs in the future!

I agree with you Rya. While I appreciate such innovation, it's difficult for me to comprehend the privacy issues related with such a thing. Doesn't LinkedIn suffice anymore?

I agree with both of your comments Rya and Raman. There really does seem to be a privacy issue here. I suppose with all the recent competition for work, employers are looking for ways to distinguish candidates (doesn't seem fair). Although we started off building our "online presence" for personal reasons, there appears to be a need to build a public professional presence as well. Perhaps the trick is to keep your personal account private to maintain our sense of privacy and start building an online professional profile that is public. Blogging about a professionally related topic, linking field-specific articles etc. might be the way to get noticed.

Based on today's Mashup, an article on big data privacy invasion as a business model for companies. Our data is moving more and more out of our control.

An interesting article on facebook and privacy - they are asking your friends to make sure you are using your real name.

a youtube of cbc on the use of online privacy and the LGBT issue. asking interesting questions about how government uses the internet to contact certain groups. 

Facebook crops up on the top trends this week due to privacy concerns. It is interesting how crucial this topic seems to be to Facebook users, yet people are at the same time willing to post private and personal information to their profiles not knowing where that information may ultimately flow.

Okay, this article definitely needs to be read with a critical eye. But it's an interesting look at how Fbook will be highlighting privacy features for new members.

Interesting article about Microsoft's latest IE package. Comes with a "do not track" option to deflect advertising companies from potentially tracking your online browsing history. Interesting to see how this may affect ad-sponsored sites...

Scary report that was published today about FB users around the world seeing old privately sent messages appearing in their public timeline. Interesting from two ProCom perspectives - the virtual organization/privacy side and the PR/crisis communications FB now has to handle

Another way that Facebook seems to be limiting privacy options. While they bring up a few valid points about how much the site has grown recently and the barrage of comments from users not really familiar with the issues, it is still pretty concerning to have even less control than we already do on this site

Facebook is thinking of getting rid of its policy of allowing users to vote on changes to major governance policy. It also notes that a vote is only binding if 30% of users participate - a number they didn't reached in their last two votes.

An interesting court case that concerns privacy over user data in social media. It also draws on the importance of social media policies in the workplace.

Facebook is now automatically creating 'couple' pages for anyone who is linked to another person through relationship status. There is no opt out option and Facebook pulls in any pictures or check in's in which you have both been tagged. I'm not sure if I'm more bothered by the gross invasion of privacy or the fact that Facebook thinks we would be interested in seeing couples pages (uh no).

wow.....thats scary

I almost posted the same topic. Yes, it is scary, especially since I found my profile listed on this new page. Very intrusive. Here's a similar article: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/12/tech/social-media/facebook-couples-pages/

It is interesting how social networking sites are completely intertwined with issues of privacy - and here specifically security fraud related to hedge funds.

Related to issues of privacy and selling information we tweet. This issue has now reached debate in court.