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Facebook

Facebook related stuff:

* Apps grab your phone no, address:
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/01/17/facebook-apps-now-able-to-grab-mobile-phone-number-address/

* How to protect your account
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/05/30/how-to-properly-protect-your-facebook-account-login/

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Thought for the day

"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every
once in awhile, or the light won't come in" -- Alan Alda.

What do Angrybirds need from you ?

http://lifehacker.com/5864518/is-my-phone-spying-on-me-and-what-can-i-do-about-it?tag=ask-lifehacker

What do Angry Birds need from you ?

"... Angry Birds collects your phone ID, location, and contacts and sends
them to Google or your phone ID and location to another company called
Flurry.

You may be surprised by Angry Birds' need for and transmission of your
location data, but it's most likely so the app developers can get more
insight into its users (not really to see where you're flinging birds at
any point in time): Flurry is a mobile analytics company. The collection
of your contacts is so the app can find your friends.

Another head-scratcher is Bejeweled 2, which sends your Bejeweled
username and password as well as phone number to Facebook. And
Dictionary.com sends your phone ID to multiple third parties (it's one
of the apps, along with Pandora and Best Alarm Clock Free, that transmit
the most data.... "

Facebook tracking, privacy etc

Use Priv3 plugin with Firefox:
==> http://priv3.icsi.berkeley.edu/

Facebook is tracking your every move !
==>
http://lifehacker.com/5843969/facebook-is-tracking-your-every-move-on-the-web-heres-how-to-stop-it

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