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Doug Gross, CNN
Dec 15, 2010
To be sure, concerns about how much personal information can be accessed on the Web are real, as advertisers, social-networking sites and even criminals look for data to use -- and sometimes abuse.
But research from Pew Research Center seems to sh...
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John D. Sutter, CNN
Dec 13, 2010
[...] There are tools available to internet users who would like to protect some aspects of their online privacy. Users can opt out of tracking by certain marketers, clamp down access to their social networking sites and employ online pseudonyms as a...
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John D. Sutter, CNN
Nov 12, 2010
(CNN) If clamping down the privacy settings on your Facebook page isn't enough to help you sleep at night, take a cue from the youth of America.
Try the "super-logoff."
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A Pew Internet ...
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Joshua Brustein, New York Times
Nov 6, 2010
As of August, only 4 percent of American adults who used the Internet also used location-based services, which allow people to “check in” to physical locations via their cellphones to earn coupons or keep up with friends, the Pew Research Center’s In...
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Claire Cain Miller, New York Times
Oct 16, 2010
Meanwhile, people’s offline social lives have evolved to become more segmented and specialized, said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project. In recent decades, real-life social networks have changed, he s...
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Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times
Jul 19, 2010
But not all Facebook users agree with Zuckerberg. Plenty of anecdotal evidence suggests that young people, having been burned by Facebook (and frustrated by its privacy policy, which at more than 5,000 words is longer than the U.S. Constitution), are...
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Report
Jul 9, 2010Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
Tech experts generally believe that today’s tech-savvy young people will retain their willingness to share personal information online even as they get older and take on more responsibilities.
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Vinita Nair, Tina Trinh, and Carrie Halperin, ABC News | Ahead of the Curve
Jul 5, 2010
As Internet users share more and more information about themselves on both social and professional networking sites, managing online reputations has become a full-time job.
"It's not just about text-based results, it's about photo and video, and r...
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Teddy Wayne, New York Times
Jun 14, 2010
In response to growing privacy concerns on the Internet, people are increasingly monitoring their online identities. And young Internet users are the most vigilant in restricting access to personal information, ...
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