I'm staying on the ground till they sort this out

One account of getting through a TSA screening

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“You don’t need to see his identification.”

On November 21, 2010, I was allowed to enter the U.S. through an airport security checkpoint without being x-rayed or touched by a TSA officer.  This post explains how. Read more at noblasters.com

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The best way to avoid getting caught on @Foursquare

A popular topic this week is the privacy settings on Foursquare and of course Place (from our favorite privacy whipping boys over at Facebook)

The tips are good, but they left out one that I guess people need to know. If you don't want to be known for going to a place, DON'T GO THERE!

And in the unlikely event that you just have to go someplace that you don't want to share.. the DON'T CHECK IN

I'm a FourSquare fan boy.. I can't explain the draw and yes, I do check in using "off the grid" quite often. At first, it was the game. Then I got bored with that and considered it research or a record of where I went for later datamining experiments.

Let's face it. I like sharing cool stuff and while I was SHOCKED when I first got a comment about an auto post that I was Mayor of the 98 cent dollar store.

But who knew.. there are other husbands dragged to stores and we had a nice chat

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It's hardly practical to believe there are "right" and "wrong" ways to employ social networking services like Twitter or Facebook. However, there are "smart" and/or "safe" methods of use, especially for location-based services (LBS) that identify your whereabouts at a given time, like popular social network/LBS Foursquare. Read more at www.pcworld.com

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RT @monikapin Facebook Sharing Your Private Data?

The data that gets shared is always data you supplied. We know that once we upload and push submit it's out there somewhere.

But why does FACEBOOK continue to get the rap?

Could it be that they are pushing the edge of pushing out data?

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It seems as though Facebook and personal privacy issues are never too far apart, with this week  being no different as a 2.5GB database containing names and public information on every searchable Facebook user appeared on torrent network site Bit Torrent.

The reason this information is so valuable to marketers, is that it allows them to tailor specific products at specific audiences; the more they know about us, the more they can push advertisements towards us that are aimed at people in our location, age group, income bracket, occupation, social category, sexual orientation or a myriad of other demographics. In an age when an advertising campaign can cost a lot of money without necessarily bringing any rewards, targeted marketing would appear to extremely appealing to major corporations. Read more at www.freshegg.com

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