Privacy
A few months ago I closed my Facebook account. After accidentally returning to Facebook, what I found was shocking. Here is how it all happened and what I found. When I closed my Facebook account, I chose to keep Messenger active in order to be able to stay in touch with a few of myā¦ Continue Readin
Apple
Some controversy this week because Apple is accused of anti-competitive measures. Apple decided to remove non compliant applications from the App Store which were depending on MDM to implement screen time like features. Something that is seen as Apple using his dominant position with its App Store.
Privacy
Iāll make it short: for me, covering the webcam on a laptop is a consequence of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) and I find it stupid. Period. And this story of the NewYork Times (a newspaper where their credibility is going down every day) proves my point. John Gruber has an interesting article on
Privacy
Following this article on the Washington Post āDeactivating Facebook leaves people less informed but happierā: In the latest study measuring the effects of social media on a personās life, researchers at New York University and Stanford University found that deactivating Facebook for just four weeks
Technology
No, you wonāt see two pictures of me ten years apart. No, but think about it. Suddenly, within a few days, or even hours, people started to share those pictures of them taken in 2009 and now. For no apparent reasons. On Twitter. On Facebook. This is what I thought. The, I read this Wiredā¦ Continue R
Blog
To all my Facebook friends, I have some news for you but before, I want to give you some context. Itās been a long time since I made my entry on Facebook. I did not count the years. Over time, I have been more or less active. I poured in a part of my life,ā¦ Continue Reading ā [https://numericcitizen
Technology
Following my reading of Wired article āWHY SHOULD ANYONE BELIEVE FACEBOOK ANYMORE?ā I had even more reasons to quit Facebook. In a word, the motivation of Facebook is not what they said or what they say. They lied.
Technology
That is no surprise but Facebook collect a lot of data. Want to know what exactly? Have a look at this article. I like the last paragraph: The bottom line:Ā FacebookāsĀ privacy policiesĀ reinforce the message thatĀ āyou have control over who sees what you share on Facebook.ā But if you use Facebook at a
Technology
Here is an article about apps on Android using user data without userās consent. All they have in common is this: they are running on Android and are using Facebook SDK. Iām not using Android anytime soon and will leave Facebook soon. š P.S. I know that apps could leak user info on iOS tooā¦. Contin
Thinking
ā¦eventually they left like everybody else and nobody would go there and then the bar would close. This is a story of many popular bars. They come, they go. Social places have their own life and their own death for one reason or another. Facebook, is social place that eventually will become a thing o
Thinking
What a wonderful way of saying no to a job at Facebook.
Thinking
Excellent story here by By Jason Koebler : We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites. Facebook is not the Internet. I want to puke each time I stumble on a company āwebsiteā which is in fact a Facebook page. I hate Facebook pages. I hate Facebook period.. Iām going to quit in the next fewā¦ C
Thinking
As a numeric citizen (this blog name), I aim to stay independent and free. I donāt want to be a product of some big entity like what is Facebook now. So I stay away from it. Yes I still have a Facebook account but Iām not active on it. Iām silent after being somewhat activeā¦ Continue Reading ā [http