Geek.Like.Todd » Digging up the Past.. One toe at a time.

Privacy and Facebook

Todd — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:25:04 +0000

I love you dear Facebook friends.. If you are on my facebook I know you. We are either related, or you and I have worked together.. or I know you some other way… But we know one another.

I’ve noticed recently that alot of you are noticing that Facebook shares your Phone Number with whoever you have set in your privacy settings.. I also notice some of you are really shocked about all this. I guess at this point I’d like to ask.. Why are you shocked?

I think you should be MORE worried about applications than about your “friends” and this information.. know why?

Some applications are made to harvest information. You do allow them access to your profile. So every little stupid application you’ve ever installed .. and I mean ever.. unless removed.. has access.

So.. don’t be surprised. Beef up your security..

Remove apps you don’t need or don’t remember.

Install an AV if you are using Windows. and Don’t use Internet Explorer.

Oh.. and uh.. google yourself. or go to a phone book website and look up your name. Your information has probably been publicly available for years.

Sooo many files.. Sooo Little Time.

Todd — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:05:30 +0000

So I was rebuilding my Linux Box and decided that NOW would be a great time to consolidate and sort all my Pictures.. retag my MP3 files, go thru my Videos and my other junk..

Wow I have a ton of crap.. in just Images alone I have 13000 and I’m no photographer. I have 18gb of music files.. and they are all out of whack.

Looks like I have some quality time ahead of me sorting all this out..

“What it’s going to be is more prettier than it is today”

Todd — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:11:20 +0000

Goerge Carlin said the reason we have stupid people in Office is because our society is full of stupid people and thus we “elect what we know”

Years of Phone tech support have only helped solidify this fact for me..

Now apparently in Oxford Alabama the city is destroying a 1500 year old Indian Burial mound to plop up a Sam’s Club..

The mayor of the city said they aren’t going to get involved because of (and I shit you not.) “What it’s going to be is more prettier than it is today.“ Nice to see that Oxford has elected a Valedictorian.