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Twitter for Anyone
As a Twitter fanatic, I often forget that it’s still a new medium that confuses most new users. When I started tweeting 2007, it took a while to find out how to make Twitter part of my life, or why I even would. Now I know that it’s the perfect way to share and enjoy […]
It’s Time to Clean Up Your Facebook, Twitter and More
Hopefully you have some time to get away this summer. But before you, we think now is an excellent time to clean up your online accounts. 1. Change your passwords on your most important accounts. It’s good password hygiene to update your passwords at least a couple of times a year. If you haven’t updated […]
5 Ways to Connect Safely on Vacation
84.6% of 21st century vacationers use their mobile devices to check their email, according to Prosper Mobile Insights. The thought of being without a smartphone, tablet or a computer, even while off in a foreign country, is a foreign thought for most of us. And if you’re always connected, you’re always at risk of some […]
How We Give Away Our Privacy (And How to Take It Back)
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 […]
Happy Holiday from F-Secure
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 […]
Facebook Timeline Revealed as an April Fools’ Hoax
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. […]
What kind of planet we want to leave to our children?
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 […]
Who should you share your password with?
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 […]
4 Things to Do As Soon as You Get Your Facebook Timeline
Are you ready for the new Facebook Timeline? Since the winter of 2011, Facebook has been slowly rolling out its new profile look to the nearly one billion people who use the world’s largest social network. Facebook has indicated every user will be forced to move over to the new profile look called Timeline. All […]
How to Take Responsibility for Your App Permissions
This week news that Facebook was experimenting with SMS functionality resulted in headlines about Facebook spying on its users. It’s true that Facebook’s Android App has the ability to read and write SMS messages, but it only can do so because you gave it permission to do so when you installed it. Many users see […]
5 Ways to Make Online Dating Safer
When it comes to online dating, it seems there are two types of people: 1) People who do it, and 2) people who make fun of it. And many single people have found themselves in both groups. The fact is millions, if not billions, of relationships have begun online. And that number is growing as […]
Who Owns the Content You Post on Facebook?
The answer to this question appears to be simple. You own your content. This is true on Facebook and most social media sites. Here’s how Facebook states the ownership of your content in its terms and conditions: You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how it […]
Stellt Fragen, helft mit Euren Antworten… auf Deutsch
Seit 2011 gibt es die User-Community von F-Secure, erreichbar über die F-Secure-Website und über unsere englischsprachige Facebook-Seite. Bisher haben dort mehrere tausend Nutzer über 3.270 Beiträge gepostet, um sich gegenseitig bei Fragen und Problemen rund um PC-Sicherheit, Internet-Sicherheit, Backup usw. zu helfen. Wir sind stolz auf diese Community, aber zugegebenermaßen gab es bisher ein Problem: Alle Beiträge […]
What Could a Hacker Do with Your Facebook Password?
Last week, after a hacker posted thousands of what he said were Facebook login credentials, Facebook said that most of the logins were not valid. That’s not exactly reassuring. That’s why we thought now would a good time to discuss why password security is so important on a site like Facebook. What does a hacker […]
The F-Secure Community Cares and Grows
In June, the F-Secure Community launched. The goal was simple: a real-time forum where F-Secure customers, fans and experts could ask and answer questions in real-time. Six months and a few thousand posts later, the Community is alive and growing. F-Secure’s Customer Care team has been taking away features that don’t work—such as my failed […]
3 Things You Should Do Before You Get Facebook’s New Timeline
There’s one thing I can say for sure about Facebook’s new Timeline: It’s better. I’m just not sure whom it’s better for. It’s probably better for app makers and brand pages that benefit from the credibility they get from prominent mentions in your Timeline. And it’s probably also better for people who love to use […]
The Right to Remain Private: Comparing Digital Privacy in the US and the EU
In most of the European Union, even public figures have a right to privacy. Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights gives all EU citizens the right to respect for one’s private life. This gives the majority of Europeans privacy rights that are envied around the world, even if Privacy International suggested in […]
Facebook’s New Timeline: How to Protect Your Privacy
Most television is free because it comes with ads. And most websites are free because the ads come with you. The launch of Facebook’s new timeline has sparked many Internet users’ fear of their personal data being used in unethical ways. Early users spotted ways of figuring out who defriended you (which have since disappeared). […]
An Introduction to LinkedIn Privacy and Security
When F-Secure Labs discovered the email behind the RSA hack, it was remarkable how simple it was. Yet it was targeted to hit just the right professional who clicked on exactly the wrong attachment. The consequence of this one mistake sent ripples across the world. As we get better at avoiding traditional threats, online crooks […]
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