Tryin to ruin my name Threw me under the bus Riding all over the town Spreading rumors around Threw me under the bus From Under the Bus by Lolene In my previous post I explained why I left Facebook. Doing so freed up enough time to actually do another bl0g entry so it’s only apropos [...]
Posts Tagged ‘social networking’
Facebook will throw you under the bus
Posted: July 21, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: Casey Anthony, e-discovery, facebook, privacy, social networking
Why I left Facebook
Posted: July 10, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: e-discovery, facebook, privacy, social networking
Speak my friend, you look surprised I thought you knew I’d come disguised On angel wings, dressed in white From Descent of the Archangel by Kamelot Last week I finally had enough. The cumulative effect of every sleazy privacy invading stunt that Mssrs. Zuckerberg et al have pulled was definitely part of the motivation. Also [...]
Helping your online shadow rest in peace
Posted: November 19, 2010 in general, professional, securityTags: email, online shadow, social networking, zombies
Give me my freedom, for as long as I be All I ask of livin’ is to have no chains on me All I ask I of livin’ is to have no chains on me And all I ask of dyin’ is to go naturally I only wanna go naturally From And When I Die by [...]
Social Network privacy officially an oxymoron
Posted: November 16, 2010 in general, professional, securityTags: e-discovery, facebook, legal, MySpace, privacy, reasonable expectation of privacy, social networking
It’s good to know you’re thought of, it’s good someone should care It’s good to know you’re trusted but not to know they’re there Too late to shut your curtains they’ve caught you unaware They’re not at your window man, they’re sitting in your chair From Privacy Invasion by Exploited I have attempted on numerous [...]
Facebook Carnac and Other Horrors
Posted: October 15, 2010 in general, professional, securityTags: Carnac the Magnificent, electronic discovery, Human Resources, privacy, reasonable expectation of privacy, Social Intelligence, social networking
I believe I can see the future Cause I repeat the same routine I think I used to have a purpose But then again That might have been a dream From Every Day Is Exactly The Same by Nine Inch Nails In case you were feeling safer, more secure and comfortable these days with social [...]
Can you be social and private simultaneously?
Posted: June 5, 2010 in general, professional, securityTags: facebook, privacy, social networking
You keep on stalking me Invading my privacy Won’t you just let me be? From Privacy by Michael Jackson So now that everyone and their mother are on FaceBook it’s just swell how social we are. Keeping track of family and friends has never been easier. And how about those cute games? And that nice [...]
Left naked in the rain by social networking
Posted: March 7, 2010 in general, professional, securityTags: e-discovery, Millennial generation, social networking
I must have been out cold But the way the story’s told They found me lying naked in the rain From Bible Black by Heaven and Hell Any number of times in the past I’ve warned about the inherent lack of privacy with social networking in posts like this, this, this and even this. But this week [...]
Web 2.0 Miranda
Posted: January 2, 2010 in general, professional, securityTags: e-discovery, facebook, legal, Miranda rights, privacy, social networking, twitter
don’t say a word or we’ll surely expose that it’s you who are wicked and vile anything you say will be used against you and now it is you here on trial from Don’t Say a Word by Cici Porter For a long time now I’ve tried to get folks to realize that there is [...]
Gray haired computing
Posted: November 29, 2009 in general, securityTags: senior computing, SimplicITy, social networking
Recently I did an article for a seniors newsletter about phishing. Specifically the perennial “limited time to add your cell phone to the national do not call list before bad stuff happens” scam. While this particular instance is more hoax than phishing since the number to call was, in fact, the real number for the [...]
Exposing yourself Web 2.0 style
Posted: October 27, 2009 in general, securityTags: e-discovery, exhibitionists, facebook, indecent exposure, legal, MySpace, pornography, social networking
Everybody knows that social networking sites are notorious for their ill-advised exhibitionism. Folks who are reasonably demure and respectable in person get their freak on when it comes to FaceBook or MySpace. Yep, insert an internet connection between them and the world and the gloves come off. Or rather only the gloves stay on. I’ve [...]






