Shortly after writing this, reports came in that the Internet in Egypt had become a black hole, entirely–or almost entirely–inaccessible. Updates soon. This question has been posed to me constantly over the past two days from journalists doing their best to understand the relationship between online and offline forms of protest. I feel their pain […]
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Facebook Enables HTTPS
I’ve done a lot of thinking, writing, and well, complaining about Facebook during the past year, mostly on behalf of the many activists I’ve met who’ve had troubles with the site. I’ve also seen, for the past year, small steps in the right direction from the social media giant. And yesterday, Facebook made an announcement that […]
Logging into Facebook today, I was greeted with a little box in the upper right-hand corner of my screen, telling me that my security level was “low.” Intrigued (last week it was marked “medium), I decided to click. Facebook has been trying to increase their security measures for awhile, a commendable effort. Unfortunately, once again, […]