Ministry of Defence Issues Social Networking Tips

Kevin Heald — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:11:09 +0000

This is a somewhat refreshing approach. Rather than ban social networking services altogether like the Marines, the British military has decided to encourage their troops to Tweet or post on Facebook their experiences in the military. This past week the MOD issued a 13 page document outlining the guidelines for using these services. Granted, the document has a bit of a CYA tone for the higher ups, but at least it addresses the issue head on rather than bury its head in the sand like some organizations. Instead you have the Marines who have banned it outright, but the Joint Chiefs of Staff still tweets and has said he will continue to do so.

Of course DoD has kicked off a study to determine the vulnerabilities of technologies like Facebook and Twitter. Wish I got that cherry contract.

My thoughts on this issue are fairly simple. If you simply prohibit an effective way for people to communicate, they will find another way to do it, and it will NOT be on your terms. Instead users will find a workaround that is probably less secure. and may even expose your data and network more.

Tagged: collaboration, dod, facebook, MOD, twitter

Prevent Your Pics from Becoming Facebook Ads

Kevin Heald — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:53:15 +0000

I remembered reading about this awhile back, but didn’t really think about making the change to prevent my pictures from becoming ads. To prevent this:

Go to Settings -> Privacy Settings
Click on News Feed and Wall
Click on the Facebook Ads tab
Change the Appearance in Facebook Ads to No One.

Of course, if you want to try to be a FB star, you can just leave it alone!

Tagged: facebook, privacy

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Ministry of Defence Issues Social Networking Tips

Prevent Your Pics from Becoming Facebook Ads