Tag Archives: security

Facebook jakaa taas tietojasi

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

Facebook meinaa antaa kolmannen osapuolen sovelluksille entistä vapaamman pääsyn käyttäjän tietoihin. Asentaessasi jonkun kivan pelin, saattaa se lukaista kotiosoitteesi ja puhelinnumerosi ja esimerkiksi laittaa tekstiviestispamia tulemaan. No eihän tämä käy päinsä. Suositukseni: Poista puhelinnumerosi ja osoitteesi Facebookista. Nyt. Poistaminen onnistuu … Continue reading →

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N900 & HupNet & OpenVPN

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

I was told 2G+WLAN would use less power than 3G on Nokia N900. This created a need to configure Nokia N900 to connect to Helsinki University wireless network HUPnet and authenticate using OpenVPN to avoid browser authentication. This is how you do it. … Continue reading →

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Reviewing my Facebook friend lists

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

As a reaction to my previous post, step-by-step guide to Facebook privacy settings I though to actually check the settings for myself too and start by creating friend lists. It seems to smarter create & control lists for people who … Continue reading →

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Facebook privacy settings review 09/2010

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

I was asked to recap the current status of Facebook security settings. New features keep coming  every now and then and the default privacy settings might not always please the users, this was the case with the recent ‘Places’ feature. … Continue reading →

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Facebook privacy settings

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Risto H. Kurppa

THIS IS OUTDATED, CHECK THE 09/2010 STATUS HERE Facebook introduced some new privacy tools mid-December. Some of these changes are not positive only. Also many users have no idea about what parts of their profile they share to their friends, … Continue reading →

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