The dark side of the Web 2.0

Posted on 11 décembre 2007 at 16:11 in Business, Media, Network | Comment (1)

Dan RoseWith social networks becoming more and more important every day, and users revealing more and more of their private life, there are bound to be problems - especially in terms of digital identity theft and protection of personal data. This was the subject of the opening session of LeWeb3. It was a good choice of topic, as the question has been in the news since Facebook tried to add social advertising to its services.

So a debate took place between Chris Alden from Six Apart, Dan Rose (the International Facebook vice-president), lawyer Michel Jaccard and Jaewoong Lee from Daum communication.

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Identity Theft - A 1000-Year-Old Practise Spreading With the Internet

Posted on 10 décembre 2007 at 12:43 in Non classé | No comment

A fortnight ago, Canadian student Adam Morrison was arrested by the police because his Facebook profile indicated he wanted to kill many people the way two teenagers did ten years ago at Columbine High School in the United States. Actually, Adam was not guilty. After checking his personal computer, the police found someone else had opened a fake Facebook profile using the student’s name and e-mail address.

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