Social Media Security Podcast 16 – Diaspora News, FTC and Twitter, Twitter XSS, Facebook App Permissions

This is the 16th episode of the Social Media Security Podcast recorded July 2, 2010.  This episode was hosted by Tom Eston and Scott Wright.  Below are the show notes, links to articles and news mentioned in the podcast:

• Quick update on Diaspora (pronounced Di-as-para).  Here is a video update as well.
• FTC nails Twitter for deceiving users about privacy and security
• HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension from the EFF
• Persistent XSS on Twitter.com
• Interesting New Twitter Phish Can Lead to Bad Places
• Facebook Rolls Out Simplified Application Permissions System
• Facebook Phonebook Is Not A Security Threat
• NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration) has received the report of the Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG) “Youth Safety on a Living Internet” (2.42 MB PDF file)

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