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Democracy and Psychopathology on Facebook and Google+

The differences between Facebook and Google+ may reflect deeper aspects of our society than seem apparent at first, from how we live the principles of democracy to which sharing model works best for psychopathic behavior.

Facebook Tries a New Approach to TOS

Following the recent debacle in which Facebook freaked out a large percentage of its user base with a clumsily-handled change to its Terms of Service, I was surprised when this showed up on my FB home page today: Terms of Use Update Today we announced new opportunities for users to play a meaningful role in [...]

Friendbo: Middleground Security for a Social World

Once again, I’m learning of some cool work being done by here at UW. Today’s Seattle Times (which my family still subscribes to in print form, just for the sheer Ludditeness of it) contains an article entitled “Inflexible Security? Lighten Up” by technology columnist Brier Dudley. The piece describes Friendbo, an access-control system being developed [...]