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Michelle Oon ♥
"It's Belief that gets us there. Keep dreaming till the dream comes true"

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The name is Michelle Oon, also known as Michy Oon. Believe that everything is possible and each and everything that you and I do has hope in it. Never lose hope, because it is what that keeps you moving on and striving for success.

“What doesn’t kills you will only make you stronger”.


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"If you want to Dream,
Dream BIG
Otherwise there's no point in dreaming at all"
(Angelyn Looi 2010)


"Don't make someone
a priority in your life
when you are only an option in theirs"


"The difference between can and cannot
are only three letters
Three letters that determine your life's direction."


Dreams &desires

Do you believe in dreams coming true...?

CEO of my own company
Graduate from UNISA
Travelling to US
iPod Touch
Being happy everyday
Successful !


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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Facebook: Safe or not?

Facebook has definitely invaded the privacy of its users as they announced that they share the user’s details with other website intentionally or unintentionally. Access to Facebook user’s names and their friend’s names are provided by applications developers to database firms. Facebook say that they will introduce new technology privacy setting to avoid misconduct by application developers and would disable apps that violate the terms and condition (ABC News 2010).

Musil (2010) mentioned in recent news that application developers are selling Facebook user’s information to a data broker and it resulted them into a six-month suspension. Facebook developers even mentioned that many Facebook apps that are popular were transmitting user IDs to at least 25 data and advertising firms, which allow one to search for user’s names as well as their friend’s private information.

(Source.thesecuritypub)

One of the cases that happened is about Beacon advertising services, where it was initially intended to inform users when the user’s friends made a purchase or are involved in activities outside Facebook but instead it shared information of users that is not agreed to be shared (Laudon & Laudon 2010, p. 434). It is unethical that this private information is shared amongst websites but Facebook had considered the privacy issue as their top priority. Facebook has then taken action by improving on the privacy settings and even collaborate with McAfee to offer their user’s a six month internet security suite (McAfee 2010).

(Source: Technorati)



In my opinion, although Facebook had improved its privacy settings and even allow users to select their settings according to their preference, it still may be insufficient for its users. An experiment done online where Sandro (2009) test the capability of Facebook’s privacy settings and found out that if one were to privatize their photo albums, hackers can still hack into these albums and get hold of those pictures. In conclusion, despite the privacy issues faced by many Facebook users, millions of users still log onto Facebook everyday because of the importance of social networking, as well as the applications such as games, polls and many more interactive items.



CNN Campbell Brown and Katie Linendoll talks about Facebook privacy issues

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wgAsFoYLys)

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References

ABC News 2010, Facebook admits privacy breach, ABC News, viewed 3rd November 2010, http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/19/3042594.htm

Laudon, KC & Laudon, JP 2010, Management information systems: Managing the digital firm, 11th edn, Pearson/Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

McAfee 2010, Facebook and McAfee Partner to Make the Internet More Secure, McAfee Security Available to More Than 350 Million Facebook Users Worldwide, McAfee, viewed 1st November 2010, http://newsroom.mcafee.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3612

Musil, S 2010, Facebook app developers sold user info, CNET News.com, ZDNet, viewed 3rd November 2010, http://www.zdnetasia.com/facebook-app-developers-sold-user-info-62204121.htm

Sandro 2009, A quick security analysis of Facebook’s Album Privacy, Acunetix, viewed on 1st November 2010, http://www.acunetix.com/blog/docs/a-quick-security-analysis-of-facebooks-album-privacy/

♥Michy Oon
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