privacy

How can a Safari extension know if Private Browsing mode is on?

I'm writing a Safari extension and want it to behave differently when the user turns on Private Browsing mode (I want to respect this private mode). I found no mention of this in Apple's docs. I'm aware of the discussion in this thread: Detecting if a browser is using Private Browsing mode which suggests using a (browser-agnostic) js...

How can I get my Facebook app users to change their settings?

The default settings for which information friends can share does NOT allow friends to grant an application access to "interested in and looking for" and "religions and political views". Most Facebook users have not changed these settings, meaning that only the users that have explicitly allowed friends to share interested in informatio...

Setting privacy control for the files to be played in embedded Quicktime player

Hello, I tried to find the player to play gsm file on my site. After searching on google, it seems quicktime player is the only ready to use player available. However, I have to provide the location of the gsm file to the quicktime plugin in order for it to play. I worry about the security issue that may cause by this since some files a...

Chrome extension idea: make Facebook permissions optional. Feasible?

I'm hoping someone who has some experience in the Chrome/Firefox extension can save me some time by explaining whether or not this is a feasible idea. Ok, so when you click the facebook connect button on a site, it launches the OAuth dance and pops a window to a URL with a parameter called "perms" that lists the Facebook extended permis...

Blackberry BES Privacy

Hello, I work on a mobile operator company, which gave a Blackberry device connected to our BES so I can stay in touch with my email. Although, I configured my own personal GMAIL in the device too. My question is... Can the company monitor my personal emails? What about my SMS, Calls, etc? My primary concern is my personal gmail. T...