Lisa Vaas has more on a privacy concern raised by Tonia Ries about Klout creating profiles on children. I mentioned the concern a few days ago and tweeted a message to @klout asking them for a response to the allegations, but @Klout did not reply to me. They did, however, send a tweet to Tonia…
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Facebook Friend Finder Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed
David Cohen writes: An amended class-action lawsuit filed against Facebook over its use of members’ names and pictures to promote its friend finder feature suffered the same fate as its pre-amendment predecessor: dismissed by a federal judge in California. The amended filing of Robyn Cohen, et al. versus Facebook was dismissed Thursday. The original case…
Possible Dolphin Browser security and privacy issues found
Michael Crider writes: Dolphin Browser HD is one of the most popular 3rd-party browsers in the Android Market, and with good reason. But an issue with version 6 and the current version 7 have raised the eyebrows of some users over at the ever-inventive XDA-Developers forum. According to forum poster “Fnorder”, the new Webzine feature records every link,…
Is Klout Using Our Family to Violate Our Privacy?
Okay, this is disturbing. Danny Brown explains how even if you don’t authorize Klout to create a profile on you, Klout may be doing exactly that and linking it to your Facebook profile if you have one. And not only that, it’s doing this to kids: He isn’t on Twitter, and he’s not super active…