Facebook Beachbabe scam and the best anti-phishing advice you'll ever get

Cool, I got the current round of Facebook spam on my wall. It’s cool, because now I get to show you folk the one simple thing you can do that will protect you from phishing attacks more than any anti-virus software you’ll ever get.

It uses legacy technology known as ‘eyeballs’ and really isn’t that complicated.

But first [...]

On the effect of the Infoverse - a retort

On the social web, and why some folk fear it… [...]

Youtube releases saftey mode

On the 9th of this month, YouTube enabled a new Parental Control style feature :’Safety mode’

An opt in setting that blocks out undesirable search results. Keep your kiddies safe (or, frustrate the hell out of someone you know goes looking for undesirable videos on YouTube.)

According to YouTube’s blog, the filter also blocks out “newsworthy video that [...]

Aussies trendless in Twitter

Well, I’m only a few days behind Mashable on this one, so I thought I’d post it out anyway

Twitter has enabled local trends for all Twitter accounts but Australia is noticeably missing from the list of countries.

Local trends for the globe, but Oz misses out so far..

Now, I didn’t expect humble little Ballarat to appear [...]

Disrepute, Social Media Policy and other headaches

On ‘Disrepute’ and the birth of Social Media confusion (I mean.. Policy)

It’s a big thing in Corporate policy. Even Premier John Brumby conceded the agreement to be signed by principals before the roll out of the Computers in schools program required revision in the face of it’s interpretation as a ‘gag order’.

So what does disrepute mean, and how does it apply to Joe Average employee? [...]