The Facebook Like Button, and how it is following you around the web
There has been a lot of hype and talk around the Facebook Like button, and I do understand that the issues I raise in this blog post have been addressed before, I will cite some relevant literature at...
View ArticleFacebook and their Horrible “OPT-OUT” Policy
So Facebook announced their new Facebook Places functionality a couple of days ago, the service seems well implemented, and following the uptake of 4square, probably a timely service for fb – good luck...
View ArticleDisabling Referer Headers in Firefox
Given the awesome work detailed by Bala from AT&T, and some recent privacy related measures I have been taking in my Firefox browser (see https-everywhere and adblocking fb), I have decided to...
View ArticleNHS.uk allowing Google, Facebook, and others to track you
The NHS is allowing Google, Facebook, and others to track your http://www.nhs.uk/ browsing habits, regardless of the fact that people use the page to seek medical advice. It was recently pointed out to...
View ArticleMy Response to the NHS
My letter to the NHS Choices Team dated 2010-11-30 Hi Team NHS Choices, So, I just thought I would let you know that, as per my blog post, the NHS Choices website is sharing information with Facebook...
View ArticleKnocking up my own RSS reader
Since Newsgators RSS Reader asked me to supply them with a Google Account, becoming Google Reader, I gave up on the service. I using an RSS reader which would sync my laptop with my phone and when my...
View ArticleshareNice : unintrusive social sharing
This post is about the shareNice social sharing widget I have been working on recently. I am pitching shareNice as a “uninstrusive social sharing” tool for webmasters. Webmasters can add shareNice to...
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