Category Archives: Social media

How We Give Away Our Privacy (And How to Take It Back)

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By Jason
Deciding what information should be public isn’t just important for your reputation and mental health. Keeping your account numbers and identifying information secret can help prevent financial fraud, protecting you and property. In a country like Syria in the midst of turmoil, your privacy can be a matter of life and death. But for most [...]
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Happy Holiday from F-Secure

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By Anna
We at F-Secure would like to wish a happy holiday to all who celebrate the season. To bring us some cheer, Karolina (shown here with her son), an F-Secure fellow from Poland, created this precious little Easter chick (click here to download it). We especially like it as it celebrates some of F-Secure’s successes over the last few [...]
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Facebook Timeline Revealed as an April Fools’ Hoax

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By Jason
Ending a prank that must have been years in the planning, Facebook has announced that its so-called “Timeline” profile is an elaborate hoax. In a note on his Facebook profile, Zach Zuckerberg, Facebook’s Chief Profile Officer (CPO), announced that the switch to the Timeline was an April Fools’ Day joke that got out of hand. [...]
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What kind of planet we want to leave to our children?

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By ulla
Did you know that it takes 140 liters of water to produce a cup of coffee, 170 liters of water to produce a glass of orange juice, 70 liters of water for an apple. All that water just for  one breakfast. Are we letting our ecological footprint grow out of control? What kind of planet we want [...]
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Who should you share your password with?

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By Jason
You’ve probably heard the news that employers in the United States have been asking for job applicants’ Facebook accounts. The ACLU has said that users should not provide it and so has Facebook. As Billy on our Facebook page points out, asking for a private password would certainly violate the rights of citizens of the [...]
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