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  • Bringing back the console API on Netflix and Facebook

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    Facebook and Netflix have implemented some code that breaks the console API in Chrome by changing the getter/setter for the console property on the window object. The purpose is noble – to help avoid a social engineering attack – but as a developer it irks me. I want my console when and where I want it.  In…

  • Facebook Is Better Than Porn

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    Time has an interesting article that states that Generation Y craves electronic social networking more than electronic porn. Stating: … [a] way to figure out where college students are going online is to assess which of the 172 web categories tracked by Hitwise get the most hits from 18- to 24-year-olds. Here’s a shocker: Porn…

  • Our Actions Now Effect Us Later: Antonella Barba, MySpace, Facebook

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    The blogosphere is abuzz with Antonella Barba, an American Idol contestant of Season 6. It appears that earlier this week some racy pictures (NSFW) of the fairly attractive Idol-wanna-be surfaced on the net ranging from college-fun-party pictures to wet t-shirt shots to porn. Now it’s important to note that most of these pictures – the…

  • School Punishes Student For Blogging From Home

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    Schools across the country are cracking down on student computer use; blocking social sites and proxy servers. Many schools are perfectly within their right to prevent teenagers from frequenting sites like MySpace, Facebook and Xanga while using school hardware. In all actuality, there is no real need for students to be on such social sites…

  • Subverting MySpace and Facebook Blocks With Proxies

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    In November I blogged about Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta New Jersey and their forcing of students to stop using sites like MySpace, Xanga, and Facebook. Over the past few months I have seen a number of comment come in regarding…well…not threats from schools, but blocking of such sites by educational institutions.…

  • School Bans Social Websites

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    This is week-and-a-half-old news, however it struck a nerve so I figured I’d post it. According to this article on App.com, Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, NJ is threatening students to make them stop participating in social networking with websites such as MySpace, Facebook and Xanga. The article states: Effective immediately, and…