Tag Archives: Twitter

Do social networks care about your privacy?

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

Following my post yesterday on Twitter having to think carefully about privacy, a friend pointed me to a study that shows how social networks leak deep personal information, allowing third parties to combine what you do with who you are. … Continue reading →

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Twitter gets in the privacy game

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

TechCrunch saw Twitter re-writing all links to point to their site. Great idea as it gives them wonderful data. Potentially bad idea from a privacy standpoint if they do anything more than count how many times a link is clicked. … Continue reading →

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A look inside Twitter

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

Interesting report by folks that mined the Twitter stream. The section on publishing tools is particularly interesting. Less than half of all tweets are made through Twitter’s web interface and I bet this includes some posts made through the API. … Continue reading →

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