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Facebook Disables KNOI Radio Facebook page!

facebook In Support of KNOI Radio, I’m posting the link to KNOI where they talk about how their pages got disabled. It appears that the KNOI Radio pages were disabled because of “Criticism of Facebook Policies”.

Facebook Disables KNOI Radio Facebook page! | (http://knoifm NULL.com/news/1569-facebookdisablesknoi NULL.html)

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Software: Windows 7 – Problem Step Recorder for easier troubleshooting/support

microsoft From TechNet (LINK) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd464813.aspx (http://technet NULL.microsoft NULL.com/en-us/magazine/dd464813 NULL.aspx)

Tip: Easier Troubleshooting Support with Problem Step Recorder

Troubleshooting errors for a remote user can be very difficult since you can’t actually see what’s happening on the remote system. Often it comes down to a user saying he didn’t click a button, open a program, close a program, or so on. The new Problem Steps Recorder (PSR.exe) allows you to see exactly what’s going on, documenting every action that takes place on the system experiencing problems.

The Problem Steps Recorder tool is a simple screen capture utility that grabs screenshots whenever a mouse move or click is made and documents all the data into a zipped MHTML report page that can be sent off directly to the help desk. Every step of the user’s actions is logged complete with a screenshot with the item highlighted, and it even allows the user to provide commentary on specific details.

To launch the Problem Steps Recorder, just go to START and type PSR.exe and your off and running.

 

Recommended: From Tech and Life – Booting from a USB drive when this can’t be set in the BIOS

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     The follow (excerpt) post is from “Friend of TGM” Tech and Life (LINK: http://www.techandlife.com/ (http://www NULL.techandlife NULL.com/)), reposted for readers of TechGeekandMore.  TechGeekandMore would like to thank Tech and Life for allowing TGM to share the information. 

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DVD and USB (http://www NULL.techandlife NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DVDandUSB NULL.jpg)

I have a PC with an older motherboard and I’m not able to set the BIOS to boot from a USB drive or USB stick, just from a CD or DVD. I may be able to do this if I update the BIOS but I don’t want to take any chances, so I was delighted to read a post last week by Trevor at How-To Geek (http://www NULL.howtogeek NULL.com/howto/16822/boot-from-a-usb-drive-even-if-your-bios-wont-let-you/) offering a solution on how to boot from a USB drive using PLoP. I’ve tried it out and it works perfectly.

I followed the instructions in that post, downloaded plpbt-5.0.10.zip, extracted it to a folder, found plpbtnoemul.iso in that folder and burned that to a CD using ImgBurn (http://www NULL.imgburn NULL.com/). I plugged in my USB stick with Ubuntu and then booted up from the CD I’d just made. I was presented with a menu where I could select USB and sure enough I booted into Ubuntu on the USB drive. An internet connection was available after I entered my WAP password.

To read the complete store (LINK: http://www.techandlife.com/2010/05/booting-from-a-usb-drive-when-this-cant-be-set-in-the-bios/ (http://www NULL.techandlife NULL.com/2010/05/booting-from-a-usb-drive-when-this-cant-be-set-in-the-bios/) )

Facebook: A simple way to check your privacy/security settings.

facebook **Update – There have been changes in the way Facebook controls security, so this post may not properly work anymore to check your security settings.  Please see the (1/12/2011) post “Facebook: How to check your Facebook Privacy settings, secure your profile for a more up to date way of checking . (LINK) http://www.techgeekandmore.com/2011/01/12/secure-facebook-settings-how-to/

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With all the talk about Facebook and its ever changing security settings, I have a new way (and simple way) to check your settings to see if your profile settings are set for privacy. If you visit Reclaimprivacy (LINK: http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/ (http://www NULL.reclaimprivacy NULL.org/)) you can check and see what your settings are allowing to be made public.

ReclaimPrivacy focuses on six primary areas:

  1. Whether your personal information is restricted to your friends or closer
  2. Whether your contact information is exposed to the entire Internet
  3. Whether all of your friends, tags and connections are restricted to you or closer
  4. Whether your friends can share information about your with external applications or websites
  5. Whether you’re opted out of Facebook’s new instant personalization program
  6. Whether you’ve blocked applications that can leak your information.

As the ReclaimPrivacy site states -

Our mission is to promote privacy awareness on Facebook and elsewhere. Spread awareness to your friends on Facebook by sharing this website with them:

To Check you settings is actually pretty simple. The following steps will guide to how you can scan your settings. (This information is from the Reclaimprivacy.org site)

Get Protected

This website provides an independent and open tool for scanning your Facebook privacy settings. The source code (http://github NULL.com/mjpizz/reclaimprivacy) and its development will always remain open and transparent.

  1. Right-click this link (Where it says Scan for Privacy) and (click) ‘Add to Favorites’: Scan for Privacy (http://www NULL.reclaimprivacy NULL.org/)
  2. Log in to the facebook.com (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/settings/?tab=privacy&ref=mb) privacy settings, open your Favorites, and click the link called ‘Scan for Privacy’
  3. You will see a series of privacy scans that inspect your privacy settings and warn you about settings that might be unexpectedly public.

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4.  Follow us on Facebook (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/Reclaim-Privacy/121897834504447) to hear about the latest updates.

Read Our Own Privacy Policy

Our privacy policy is not long:

  • we never see your Facebook data
  • we never share your personal information

Simple. The scanner operates entirely within your own browser.

Statement of limitation of liability: you use this tool at your own risk, and by using this tool you agree to hold neither ReclaimPrivacy.org (nor its contributors) liable for damage to your Facebook account. However, we do strive to reduce that risk by keeping the source code open and transparent, so that we can identify bugs and quickly fix any functionality.

Alert: Desktop Security2010 – Another Rogueware program which seems to be spreading fast. This is NOT something you want on your pc.

comp Job security is the probability that an individual will keep his or her job, and with the rate of computer clean up that I have to do that unfortunately seems to be going up and not down, I think I have job security for a while (Honestly, this is not the kind of job security that I want). We have had many posts on TGM about viruses, spyware, rogueware, yet the “my computer is infected” calls continue to come in, as people continue to fall for the tricks that get them infected.

The latest rogueware infection is called DesktopSecurity2010. What will happen if you get infected with the DesktopSecurity2010 rogueware

  • DesktopSecurity2010 is an adware program that warns users of non-existing threats in their computers so that they purchase a certain program that removes them from the computer.
  • Additionally, in order to make users think that their computer is really infected, it displays a warning message when the computer is restarted, and from time to time the screen fades to black and other times blinks with different colors.
  • DesktopSecurity2010 can reach the computer when the user accesses certain websites which display banners or pop-up windows which lead to the download of this program. It can also reach the computer in a link that can be received via spam messages, fraudulent websites, etc.
What should you look out for when web surfing

DesktopSecurity2010 is easy to recognize, as it shows the symptoms below (These are some possible symptoms, you can still get infected without seeing these):

  • It reaches the computer in a file with the following icon:
    File download
  • When it is run, a screen to install the program is displayed:
    install
  • Once installed, it starts to carry out a system scan in search for possible malware and once finished, it displays warning messages informing users that the computer is infected:
    infect alert

 

One of the known ways that the rogueware is installing

The following post on the PandaLabs site (LINK: http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/making-new-friends%e2%80%a6/ (http://pandalabs NULL.pandasecurity NULL.com/making-new-friends%e2%80%a6/)) shows 1 of the ways you can get infected.  Two of the clean up jobs that I have had to do in this past week occurred because the user also fell for a greeting card email as described below (Confirmed).

Making new friends…

  • Posted on 05/13/10 by Olaiz

I’m very happy because I’ve received a greeting card via email from a new friend, thought it’s not my birthday, my saint’s day or anything like that :-)

Look what a nice card I’ve received:

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Besides, it has been sent from 123greetings, which is a legal website to download and send cards, so it must be trustworthy.

I’ve clicked the picture of the message and I’ve been redirected to the website http://luxxxx.googlegroups.com/web/setup.zip, but I can’t see any greeting card here, but a Google groups website containing a link… maybe I have to follow the link in order to view it…

There’s no way. I can only see the Windows of an antivirus called DesktopSecurity2010 (http://www NULL.pandasecurity NULL.com/homeusers/security-info/218297/DesktopSecurity2010) informing me that my computer is infected and that I have to pay the license in order to eliminate the malware. I think that I got infected :-( and I have neither a greeting card nor a new friend…

Now, talking seriously, yesterday we commented how this false antivirus was using Google Groups users (with malicious intentions) to be distributed. In fact, the URL from which the rogueware is downloaded is like the following:

http://Google Groups user.googlegroups.com/web/setup.zip

Some of these users are felixss, gorlum or misterxyz.

Google has reacted to this and has started blocking these malicious users. So, if you try to access any URL that uses these malicious users, the following message is displayed informing you that the user cannot be found:

Google_groups

Even so, some malicious accounts may still be active, so don’t trust messages like this and don’t follow any link like those we’ve previously mentioned in this post.

So what can you do to help protect yourself
  • If you get a link, email, instant message, asking you or telling about something you were not expecting, even if it seems to be from someone you know, DO NOT TRUST IT! Getting a message from grandma saying check out the new pictures i upload and realizing she is 80 years old, ask yourself, does grandma really know how to upload pictures? It only takes a minute to call the person, and get a response to “did you send me….. message”, if they did, they will tell you instantly. If they didn’t they will be the 1st to say “What are you talking about”.
  • Because of Twitter, the use of link shorting sites seems to have become the norm.  The problem is that a link to   http://bit.ly/dr9Ucz (http://bit NULL.ly/dr9Ucz) could be a link to many place. How do you know if it is a safe link or not a safe link.  Again, even if the link is sent to you by someone you know, DO NOT TRUST IT unless you were specifically expecting it. For the record, http://bit.ly/dr9Ucz (http://bit NULL.ly/dr9Ucz) is actually a link to techgeekandmore.com, and TGM does not list shorten links on the TGM site, because we want you to know where you are clicking to.  One thing you can do to check shortened links is visit sites that expand the shortened link.  (If you use one of these link expander services and copy the link, be careful to copy the link and NOT accidently double click on the link) Some of the sites you can visit to use to expand links

-> LongURL (LINK: http://longurl.org/ (http://longurl NULL.org/)), PrevURL (LINK: http://www.prevurl.com/index.php (http://www NULL.prevurl NULL.com/index NULL.php)), ExpandMyURL (http://longurl NULL.org/) (LINK: http://www.expandmyurl.com/ (http://longurl NULL.org/)), URL Snoop (http://urlsnoop NULL.com/) (LINK: http://urlsnoop.com/ (http://urlsnoop NULL.com/)), Securi.net (http://sucuri NULL.net/?page=tools&title=check-url) (LINK: http://sucuri.net/?page=tools&title=check-url (http://sucuri NULL.net/?page=tools&title=check-url)). At all the sites, enter the shortened URL and click to find out where the link will lead

-> In addition if you use Firefox to browse the web, you can install LongURLPlease (LINK: http://www.longurlplease.com/ (http://www NULL.longurlplease NULL.com/)), or LongURL (LINK: http://longurl.org/tools (http://longurl NULL.org/tools)), which are Firefox browser extensions that automatically preview the destination URL for shortened links from just about any shortener you can name.

  • As always make sure that your PC is updated with all the latest Windows Updates, your Anti-virus is updated, your install of JAVA is updated, your install of Adobe Flash player is updated, Your PDF reader is updated. Most viruses, spyware, rogueware use problems with these programs to get into your computer. Use can use sites like File Hippo (LINK: http://www.filehippo.com/ (http://www NULL.filehippo NULL.com/) ) to check and make sure your programs are up to date.
What to do if you do get infected

If you still get infected, you can use SuperAntispyware and Malwarebytes programs to clean your machine, I recommend downloading both before you get any infection.  Run them on a regular basis (Regular = once a week or so), even if your computer does not show any signs of issues.

To download both programs I recommend using Ninite (LINK: ninite.com)

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If you would like to see more information on ninite you can see the TGM post http://www.techgeekandmore.com/2009/12/25/software-two-must-haves-for-the-new-pc-pc-decrapifier-and-ninite/

If after running SuperAntispyware and Malwarebytes, you are still infected, then you will need to use a PE (Physical Environment) disk.  The PE disk that TGM recommends is UBCD (LINK: http://www.ubcd4win.com (http://www NULL.ubcd4win NULL.com)). The how to for the UBCD can be found at http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm (http://www NULL.ubcd4win NULL.com/howto NULL.htm) .

Facebook: Facebook Connections becoming a reality. Like it or not!

facebook Two days ago, TGM listed “The 6 things you need to know about Facebook Connect” (LINK: http://www.techgeekandmore.com/2010/05/10/facebook-connections-eff-electronic-frontier-foundation-privacy-changes-six-things-to-know/), which is based on information provided by the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation).

Well it seems that Facebook is now rolling out Connect, as seen by the screenshots below. (Disclaimer: These are screenshots I took, not from someone else). After looking at the windows and the choices (or lack there of) that Facebook gives, connections leaves a lot to be desired.

When I 1st signed on the following Window appeared over my normal Facebook page. On the top of the Window it talks about “…improved the profile….” then the next line says “your pages are public”. One of the things to note about this window is that you only get to choose “Link All to My Profile” (Which means your open to having anything you do made public, if I understand it right) or “Choose Individually” (Which ONLY gives you a choice of what picking pages), nowhere do you see an opt out or no thanks.

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As i don’t like to just allow changes without seeing what is being changed, I selected “Choose Individually” and this is the next window that I get.  For starters in this window, note that the only options I get are “Save Changes” or “Logout”, so it seems that Facebook will force you to make the selection, if you want to or not.

In addition, if you carefully read the section under “Confirm the Pages that will be on your profile”, you will see

  • Linking to education and work, pages may also create additional pages, such as for your major or job title.

*****Note that it says may create, NOT you can create.  That says to me things done for me, about me, that I have no control over.  That says to me SCARRY!

  • If you don’t link to any pages, these sections on your profile will be empty.

*****So you either accept the way Facebook wants to make your life public or you our out of luck.

  • By linking your profile to pages, you will be making these connections public.

*****I’ll give Facebook this much, they aren’t trying to cover up the fact that they want your life to be shared with everyone in the world (Not just your friends on Facebook, or just other Facebook member), remember that Facebook is now searchable from search engines.

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At the end of the Confirm section in the window above there is a “Learn More”.  Here is what you get when you click on “Learn More”. There is 1 line here that I think is of interest, (Lower Right side) “To help you link to actual pages, we’ve matched info you’ve entered on your profile to Pages about those topics”.  So lets review to critical things (In my view)

  1. Facebook has matched information I entered into my profile (that when entered was probably meant as information for my select friends alone!) and added me to pages because of this info.
  2. (From Above) By linking your profile to pages, you will be making these connections public.

(**Keeping in mind the short attention span these days, many people will NOT put 2 and 2 together here, again my opinion)

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And lastly, in the selection window I unchecked everything in that window, then hit the save changes button.  What I got was the following Window. “If you don’t link to any Pages, the following sections of your profile will be empty”

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So now, even if I wanted to privately list for friends and family where I work or what city I’m in or my likes, I CAN’T, because Facebook now says you need to share with the entire class (world) or nothing at all.

This post is not intended to be anything more than information. Each person that uses Facebook needs to choose if they are comfortable with the requirements and with their information being made public. For those who think “no big deal” then this will just be another day in the life of Facebook. For those who have concerns then you need to figure out if the benefits of Facebook are worth the exposure.  All this post is, an attempt to try and keep the TGM better informed.

Facebook: TGM Test which proves one of the six things you need to know about Facebook Connections

facebook A few minutes ago, TGM Posted information concerning the New Facebook Connections. The information was from the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), and TGM wanted to test and see if we could show you #6 in the list of Six Things You Need to Know About Facebook Connections (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/deeplinks/2010/05/things-you-need-know-about-facebook) (LINK: http://www.techgeekandmore.com/2010/05/10/facebook-connections-eff-electronic-frontier-foundation-privacy-changes-six-things-to-know/ ) because #6

Your posts may show up on a Connection page even if you do not opt in to the Connection. If you use the name of a Connection in a post on your wall, it may show up (http://facebookiswatchingyou NULL.blogspot NULL.com/2010/04/what-you-say-now-on-facebook-can-go-to NULL.html) on the Connection page, without you even knowing it. (For example, if you use the word “FBI” (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts) in a post).

For some reason just bugged more than the other 5.  The sad thing to report is that within a couple of moment we were able to recreate #6.  This affects anyone who posts anything on their or other peoples wall with a setting of “Everyone”.

To make it clear, this happened when posting to a wall with the EVERYONE setting, which means when you post the lock is set to Everyone (Example below).

Facebook FB I

 

As noted once I hit share it gets added to the wall.

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That is where most people would assume that my post would end.  However, it doesn’t, and this is where #6 of the 6 things you need to know comes in play

Your posts may show up on a Connection page even if you do not opt in to the Connection. If you use the name of a Connection in a post on your wall, it may show up (http://facebookiswatchingyou NULL.blogspot NULL.com/2010/04/what-you-say-now-on-facebook-can-go-to NULL.html) on the Connection page, without you even knowing it. (For example, if you use the word “FBI” (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts) in a post).

As it says if you use the name of a Connections page in your post on your wall, it may show up on the Connections page.  In my test I used FB….I (Note its is FBI but there is a space), and when I go to the FBI Connections page (LINK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts)) to my surprise we find

FB I page FB

my post for my wall.  I didn’t talk about the FBI, I said FB…I, yet I am now listed on a Connections page for the FBI (Of which I don’t believe it has any direct involvement with the actual Bureau).  If I didn’t visit the FBI Connections why is my post here. In addition there are other people who have posts for FBI or FB…I that get posted continuously.

So before you post something with EVERYONE settings, you better think about what your posting as it may go past your wall.

Facebook: Six Things You Need to know about Facebook Connections.

facebook With the changes to Facebook that recently announced, here is some additional information concerning the Newly Announced Facebook Connections.  The Following post is from the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) (LINK: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/05/things-you-need-know-about-facebook (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/deeplinks/2010/05/things-you-need-know-about-facebook))

Six Things You Need to Know About Facebook Connections (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/deeplinks/2010/05/things-you-need-know-about-facebook)

Commentary (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/blog-categories/commentary) by Kurt Opsahl (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/about/staff/kurt-opsahl)

“Connections.” It’s an innocent-sounding word. But it’s at the heart of some of the worst of Facebook’s recent changes.

Facebook first announced (http://blog NULL.facebook NULL.com/blog NULL.php?post=382978412130) Connections a few weeks ago, and EFF quickly wrote at length about the problems they created (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-further-reduces-control-over-personal-information). Basically, Facebook has transformed substantial personal information — including your hometown, education, work history, interests, and activities — into “Connections (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/deeplinks/2010/04/handy-facebook-english-translator#connections).” This allows far more people than ever before to see this information, regardless of whether you want them to.

Since then, our email inbox has been flooded with confused questions and reports about these changes. We’ve learned lots more about everyone’s concerns and experiences. Drawing from this, here are six things you need to know about Connections:

  1. Facebook will not let you share any of this information without using Connections. You cannot opt-out of Connections. If you refuse to play ball, Facebook will remove (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/help/?faq=17121) all unlinked information from your profile.
  2. Facebook will not respect your old privacy settings in this transition. For example (http://voices NULL.washingtonpost NULL.com/fasterforward/2010/04/facebook_privacy_contd NULL.html), if you had previously sought to share your Interests with “Only Friends,” Facebook will now ignore this and share your Connections with “Everyone.”
  3. Facebook has removed your ability to restrict its use of this information. The new privacy controls only affect your information’s “Visibility,” (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/deeplinks/2010/04/handy-facebook-english-translator#visibility) not whether it is “publicly available.”

    Explaining what “publicly available” means, Facebook writes (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/policy NULL.php):

    “Such information may, for example, be accessed by everyone on the Internet (including people not logged into Facebook), be indexed by third party search engines, and be imported, exported, distributed, and redistributed by us and others without privacy limitations.”

  4. Facebook will continue to store and use your Connections even after you delete them. Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they’re not there. Even after you “delete” profile information, Facebook will remember it (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/help/?faq=17121). We’ve also received reports that Facebook continues to use deleted profile information to help people find you through Facebook’s search engine.
  5. Facebook sometimes creates a Connection when you “Like” something. That “Like” button you see all over Facebook, and now all over the web? It too can sometimes add a Connection (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/help/?faq=17219) to your profile, without you even knowing it.
  6. Your posts may show up on a Connection page even if you do not opt in to the Connection. If you use the name of a Connection in a post on your wall, it may show up (http://facebookiswatchingyou NULL.blogspot NULL.com/2010/04/what-you-say-now-on-facebook-can-go-to NULL.html) on the Connection page, without you even knowing it. (For example, if you use the word “FBI” (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/FBI/109596699068116?v=stream&ref=ts) in a post).

Facebook: How to OPT OUT of the Facebook Instant Personalization feature

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     In the past couple of weeks, Facebook has made many changes that can at minimum be considered troubling to anyone concerned about their information getting shared publicly. The following post and video comes from the EFF (The Electronic Frontier Foundation)**.  (LINK: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/how-opt-out-facebook-s-instant-personalization (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/deeplinks/2010/04/how-opt-out-facebook-s-instant-personalization)).

(SOAPBOX) TGM is NOT advocating a position on either side of the debate (At this time), everyone who uses technology should be aware of their choices and be able to find what works for them.  It is up to each person to chose how much information they care to expose publicly, what 1 person thinks is unacceptable, someone else may see as just the cost of getting a new feature. The following information is directed at those who believe the steps Facebook is taking is unacceptable  (END SOAPBOX)

How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Instant Personalization

Deeplink by Kurt Opsahl (http://www NULL.eff NULL.org/about/staff/kurt-opsahl)Update: Friday morning Facebook changed its privacy settings layout, making it a bit more challenging to opt out completely. As before, unchecking the “Allow” box is not sufficient because you need to block each Instant Personalization website to fully opt out. However, the previous path (via “Learn More”) to the necessary Block Application buttons was removed, with Facebook suggesting instead you first go to the sites (at which point your information is disclosed), and then click “‘No Thanks’ on the blue Facebook notification on the top of partner sites.” To fully opt out, you need to:

  1. Go to the Instant Personalization (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/settings/?tab=privacy&section=applications&field=instant_personalization) privacy setting and uncheck the “Allow” button. Click confirm. Come back to this page.
  2. Go to the page for Microsoft Docs (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/docs), click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up. Come back to this page.
  3. Go to the page for Pandora (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/apps/application NULL.php?id=139475280761), click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up. Come back to this page.
  4. Go to the page for Yelp (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/apps/application NULL.php?id=97534753161) , click Block Application on the page, click Block Application on the pop-up, and click Okay on the next pop-up. Come back to this page.
  5. Optional: Go to the Facebook Site Governance (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/fbsitegovernance?v=wall&story_fbid=120701477944064) page, and express your opinion in a comment.

 

**About the EFF – From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation))

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States. Its stated mission is to:

  • Engage in and support educational activities which increase popular understanding of the opportunities and challenges posed by developments in computing and telecommunications.
  • Develop among policy-makers a better understanding of the issues underlying free and open telecommunications, and support the creation of legal and structural approaches which will ease the assimilation of these new technologies by society.
  • Raise public awareness about civil liberties issues arising from the rapid advancement in the area of new computer-based communications media.
  • Support litigation in the public interest to preserve, protect, and extend First Amendment rights within the realm of computing and telecommunications technology.
  • Encourage and support the development of new tools which will endow non-technical users with full and easy access to computer-based telecommunications.
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