I have mixed feelings about the Facebook profile facelift announced this week: On one hand, it's harder to fake, I think, strengthening the site's "real name culture" and to some degree user accountability. On the other hand, it seems to encourage people to share more information about themselves (Facebook's stated mission) and to put the surface of who we are even more front and center. "Instead … [Read more...] about Facebook profile’s new look: Good & bad
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Our children’s digital dossiers
New parents probably don't think of baby blogs and online photo albums as part of their children's digital dossiers or footprints, but that's what they are. The computer security company AVG recently surveyed parents with Internet access and children under age two in 10 countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, the UK, and the US), asking them "when they … [Read more...] about Our children’s digital dossiers