Methods and/or means to allow users to better control access to their data used by a web app
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How can I remove all my searches from the new Activity Log in Facebook?
This is a new feature, inside the activity log. In the past you couldn't view your searches.
As far as I know, the only way to remove a search from the activity log is manually removing each search.
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1answer
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Can I prevent Google from tracking which links I follow in downloaded PDFs?
I want to create a PDF document using Google Docs/Drive that includes links, but without Google tracking clicks on those links.
Downloading a Google Drive document (File > Download as) in any other ...
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Does LinkedIn access my cookies and Google search history for its suggestions? [closed]
LinkedIn seems to suggest people I may know. I believe, or it's my hypothesis, that LinkedIn scours information located in the cookie files on my computer and in some way accesses the information that ...
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2answers
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Is there any way for me to disable my activity from appearing on the new right column on Facebook?
In the most recent Facebook change, they introduced a side bar on the right of the screen with every action my contacts make. From commenting on other statuses (even in statuses belonging to their ...
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How do I contact Facebook after being false reported by fake accounts and harassed?
I dont know what to do, my friends and I are being harassed. Also false mass reports from this person's fake accounts are also being directed to us. I have tried reporting her for harassment and then ...
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What sort of mechanisms are used by Web applications to track my actions?
I am concerned about my privacy. I have read in multiple websites and forums that it is very common for Web applications to track my activities. However, I have no clear idea of the actual ...
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What tools can I use to check what sort of information is shared about me with websites?
Related to this question about tracking mechanisms on Web applications and sites, I would like to know:
What tools, scripts or other applications can be used to identify when my online activity is ...
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Are Google Shortened URLs (goo.gl) Publicized, Sequential, or Secret?
Google has a shortening service at http://goo.gl/ which let's you convert a long URL to a short one. It says the following about the URLs it generates:
All goo.gl URLs and click analytics are ...
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How many times can I change my Facebook name?
I must have a facebook for business reasons, but I’m not comfortable using my real name or email there due to privacy issues. A such, I frequently change my “name” to various pop culture references. ...
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How to hide friend from Facebook account [closed]
I am using Internet in my iPad, and it doesn't have the edit option for hiding my friends. Is there another way to hide my friends from Facebook account.
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1answer
796 views
How to hide all posts from timeline in Facebook
Is there any way to remove all of my previous post from my Facebook timeline? Or remove all activities from a Facebook app with a single click?
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2answers
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Privacy settings photos on Facebook
If I have a privacy setting for "friends only" on a picture and a friend shares it, can his friends, who are not my friends, see the picture on his timeline?
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Facebook question about custom privacy settings [closed]
For posts that i post and photos that i have posted and shared, my custom settings are set to:
Friend of friends
EXCEPT for: a,b,c,d,e,etc....
Meaning that my EXCEPT for list is blocked no matter if ...
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How to send a not private message on facebook?
I'm trying to figure out how people are managing to send non-private messages to each other on Facebook. You see them as something like:
Ian Boyd ► Kirsten Guyer: Everyone can see this message.
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1answer
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How do I set audience / privacy setting for individual photos on my timeline?
Unlike regular albums, photos on the timeline is supposed to be set on an individual basis. I just can't find out how. Any help?
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How can I keep my Facebook group membership private?
How can I make it so that people who aren't my friends on Facebook can't see which groups I'm in?
This is similar to this question, but not quite. The linked question asks about keeping things ...
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1answer
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If Facebook says I've logged on from an unknown location, does that mean someone knows my password?
The email I received pointed me to a screen similar to this one:
http://www.securitygeneration.com/security/facebooks-suspicious-login-tracking/
The location was most definitely nowhere near me, so ...
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How does the facebook friend finder operate?
Facebook friend finder is really creepy. It has suggested to me:
The father of a friend of mine,
whose existence in facebook was unknown to the said friend of mine himself.
The twin brother ...
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YouTube: List of videos shared with me
My friend has shared a lot of his private videos with me. Every time he shares a video, I get an email with a link through which I can watch the video. But I cannot find a place in YouTube where the ...
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My work profile changed
My work profile changed to being formerly employed as an employee health nurse at Metro health hospital. I never changed this. Could facebook have changed their format and just added this?
It usually ...
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3answers
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Does Google read my email?
I'm considering getting a Gmail account. I've always been hesitant about privacy with Google, though, and especially with the new privacy policy (which is hard to understand), I have some questions:
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1answer
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Why are images in my private album visible without a password?
I am having a hard time understanding how the Private albums feature of Photobucket works.
This what I've done so far:
Created an album called "private".
Set a guest password for the album.
...
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0answers
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Verification Code
Congratulations on creating your brand new Gmail address,
xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com. Please keep this email for your records, as it
contains an important verification code that you may need should ...
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How to selectively make photos private in Instagram?
I have a public profile on Instagram and I know about the option to make all your photos private on the service. However, I don't want to make all my photos private, but selectively make some ...
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How can I reset all public posts to be friends-only?
I recently found that despite my default posting privacy level being "friends" all of my recent posts are "public". Is there some way I can quickly move these posts back to "friends" or otherwise ...
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Can a tagged but only-allowed friend's friends see the status where he is tagged?
If I
(1) post a Facebook status;
(2) tag one friend in the status;
(3) and customise the privacy settings of the status so that only this one friend is allowed to see it,
will this friend's friends ...
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1answer
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How should I configure CrashPlan if I want to make sure Code 42 cannot access my data?
CrashPlan offers some very well-priced cloud-backup packages, but one of the issues I have with such services is the fact that, while the data is encrypted, the encryption key is held and known by the ...
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Make old posts visible only for my circle on Google+
How can I make my old posts on Google+ visible only for those people I have added in my circle?
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Privacy concern with photos in people widget
I don't mind seeing other people's recent photos - but I DO mind them seeing MINE. How can I make sure MY recent photos are not showing up on other people's people widget?
Thanks
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4answers
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How does Amazon know what I have been searching on Google?
I was just browsing at some products on Amazon, without being logged in to Amazon, and then I noticed at the bottom the 'Recent Searches' box - which showed searches I had made from Google and had ...
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1answer
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Undeleted Twitter photos after account deactivation
I deactivated my Twitter account, but when I search for my @screenname in Google, I see some pages that includes my Twitter photos.
For example: example1.com/twitterusers/screnname.html page includes ...
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1answer
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Can people on Facebook see photos in albums hidden from them on my mutual friend's timeline?
I have three questions:
If I post something on my timeline that I specifically hide from person X, but in that post I have tagged persons Y and Z, both of whom are friends of mine AND friends of X, ...
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1answer
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Is there something like private items in basecamp?
While in Basecamp classic you were able to mark todo-lists or messages as private (only visible by your company), it seems that there's no such feature in the "all-new" version of Basecamp.
I know ...
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Facebook disable sharing of posts
When I posts status updates (even the ones which don't contain any link) there is a share link below my status using which friends are able to share my posts among their friends, even though my post ...
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Turning off Google search results indirection
In Google search results, in Firefox or Chrome, I get URLs that go through Google and not directly to the target site. For example, at
http://www.google.com/search?q=foo
the first result is
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1answer
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Privacy setting on Facebook for downloading pictures?
Facebook recently moved me to the new image viewer, which shows a download link below every picture.
With this download link it is possible to download full-resolution original images. I suppose the ...
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Can my Google+ contacts know in which circle I put them?
Is there any way for my contacts to know whether I have put them in circle "Close friends" or "Annoying acquaintances" ?
In Facebook, groups can be public. I could not see that directly on Google+, ...
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Looking for a secure and private web blog that I can use offline at times [closed]
Is there any web blog that I can use privately and securely? I would like to connect to my blog from any terminal and not risk losing it due to losing my computer. As a bonus is there any web blog ...
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Can I limit what my friends can see of my Likes and Comments on the FB News Ticker?
I have set strict privacy settings on Facebook to "only me" on my Timeline, Friends List and page "Likes". Yet a friend of mine told me the other day they saw a number of my likes and comments ...
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How to use GPG with Gmail?
I would like to read and write GPG encrypted mails within Gmail. I found FireGPG, but the support for Gmail has been discontinued (and I am using Google Chrome as a browser).
What is the most ...
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Friends of a friend can see my post when my friend comments or likes, even if I am not my friend's friends
If I post something on Facebook and a friend comments on it or likes it, how is it that other people who are friends of the comment writers or likers, but not friends of mine, can see it?
Surely this ...
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Something's changed in my profile picures setting, and it seems as it can be seen by public - can't change it!
I have always had my pictures set to high privacy settings, but now I noticed that if I view it as "public" I can see my profile picture album. When I go to the album itself, is says "you can change ...
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How can I fully and immediately unsubscribe from Facebook?
I know that there's a way to suspend the Facebook account and it should be removed after 2 weeks.
However I would like to immediately and definitively remove my account, so that in their servers ...
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1answer
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How do I check if my Facebook account is accessed from another computer at the same time?
I would like to know if it is possible to check if my Facebook account is logged in at the same time from two different computers?
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2answers
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What are the recommended privacy settings for Facebook?
I hear a lot about the default privacy settings on Facebook being too open and that third parties can get hold of my private information. What can I do to lock down my account so that only the people ...
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5answers
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Why do some web apps ask for details like Phone Number, home address, etc?
It's thankfully getting rarer, but a lot of web apps seem to want my whole life story before letting me sign up.
What use does (for example) a online image editor have for my phone number? Shouldn't ...
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1answer
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When does Gmail display images automatically?
Google claims that inline images in authenticated email are shown automatically in Gmail. Yet I do not observe this with transactional mail I get from serious organizations, such as Stack Exchange and ...
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Facebook: Only Let Friends/Public See Mutual Friends
I am wondering how would I modify my privacy settings on Facebook so that my friends/public would only see our mutual friends, and not a list of all my friends and the number I have?
On a side note, ...
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How to disable “Seen by” in Facebook chat?
Recently, when several people chat together, I can see Seen by xyz appearing when one of the participants sees the last message.
It can be convenient, but it is also a form of privacy invasion.
How ...
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On Facebook, can I control who sees posts I make to event walls?
I was recently surprised to have distant friends respond to comments I made on an event wall. Is there any way I can control this? It was an awkward clash of two completely different social circles ...
