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Tag Archives: privacy
It’s Good To Live In A Cognoscenti Town
The hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has a piece in WBUR’s Cognoscenti today: Facebook Announcements Can Be Confusing. Let Us Explain When you’ve got mail from Facebook, nothing good can come of it. Exhibit Umpteen: The latest Facemail that launched … Continue reading
Facebook Members To Vote On Whether They Can Vote
From our M.C. Escher desk As the hardtracking staff has noted this past week, Facebook is trying to turn the last vestiges of its Faceocracy into a Zuckocracy. Specifically, the billion-strong social network wants to terminate the voting power of its members over changes … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Faceocracy, M.C. Escher, privacy, Sneak ADtack, TechCrunch, vote, Zuckocracy
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An Email From Facebook? That Can’t Be Good (III)
All this week the hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has been on Facebook like Brown on Williamson. And here’s more fallout from The Grate Facebook Email that changes the site from a sort-of democracy to a flatout Markocracy. Via the Wall Street Journal . . … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Wire, Facebook, frictionless sharing, Instagram, Liz Heron, Markocracy, privacy, Sneak ADtack, Wall Street Journal
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Herald Scoops Globe On Facebook’s Privacy Grab
For the past several days the hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has been chronicling Facebook’s new data-sucking policies, which essentially strip control of online information from the Faceherd. The Boston Herald noted the change – in its usual minimalistic way – in … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Facebook, Faceherd, privacy, Sneak ADtack, The Ticker
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An Email From Facebook? That Can’t Be Good (II)
The hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack noted yesterday that Facebook has alerted its Faceherd to several changes in its Data Use Policy, including: New tools for managing your Facebook Messages Changes to how we refer to certain products Tips on managing your … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Facebook, Faceherd, privacy, Sneak ADtack
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The Factory Is Facebook. The Product Being Manufactured Is You.
(With apologies to Adbusters) Dispatches from the Facebook/Marketing/Privacy vortex. From MediaPost: Facebook Rolls Out Promoted Posts, New Page Tools Facebook is taking steps to boost ad spending directly through brand pages, while also giving marketers new tools for managing their presence on … Continue reading
