On Saturday, an Op-Ed article appeared in the International Herald Tribune (global edition of the New York Times) in which Alex Beam takes a humorous look at the letters that Reputation.com might receive from those seeking help with their online reputation.
“There is a company in Redwood City, California, with the suggestive name of Reputation.com. According to its Web site, “Reputation.com was created in 2006 to defend your good name on the Internet. Today, Reputation.com has grown to be the world’s first comprehensive online reputation management and privacy company. We’re the most experienced and most technologically innovative company of our kind …”
One can only imagine the correspondence they receive:
Dear Reputation.com:
Things have proceeded from extremely bad to unimaginably worse. I have a problem with unscripted events.
A few years ago I made some unfortunate comments about Jewish people, which I tried to retract, except they appeared in a police log. Now I am again world famous, but not for my dynamic work in the field of motion pictures, but rather as a potty-mouthed Australian cad accused of striking the mother of my child.
Can we turn back the clock to a rosier time? Appreciating your guidance in this matter.
In today’s Quick Hits, we find out more about the latest clickjacking attack, stats further proving the growth of social media for businesses, the Facebook comments that led a high school teacher to resign, and why a man got arrested for sending a friend request.
The latest social networking scam is spreading through Facebook’s “Share” button. According to Sophos, users are offered to click “Top 10 Funny T-Shirt Fails ROFL”, a mistake that could result in a $5 weekly charge on their cell phone bill. Similar to the “Dislike” button scam, this attack culminates with a list of surveys.
A new CareerBuilder survey further proves more and more companies are using social media. Interesting finds include: More than one-third of employers use social media to promote their organizations, and one-quarter of companies leverage social media to recruit and research potential employees.
A Cohasset, Massachusetts high school teacher was forced to resign after comments she made on Facebook sparked a furor with parents. On her page, Dr. June Talvitie-Siple, a supervisor of the school’s math and science program, called the town residents “arrogant and snobby” and wrote that she is “so not looking forward to another year at Cohasset schools. In an interview, Siple says that she is not apologizing for her comments, but is sorry they went public.
Another reason why you shouldn’t be friends with your exes on Facebook! Florida man Harry Bruder was arrested for violating a domestic order… by sending his estranged wife a friend request. According to police, this violated the injunction, which prohibits Bruder from making any contact with his wife. He is currently in jail in lieu of a $5,000 bond.
In today’s Quick Hits, we look into Facebook’s new “panic” button, the latest in Google’s Street View controversy, a bug in Facebook’s log-in page, and why Teri Hatcher probably won’t be adding more photos to her social networking profiles anytime soon.
Facebook’s “panic button” has been used to report suspicious online behavior by more than 200 Brits. The app was introduced to the social network in July, following the murder of Ashleigh Hall, a 17-year-old who met her killer on Facebook. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, who developed the button, says that suspicious behavior reports have increased seven-fold.
The Google Street View controversy keeps growing and growing. This week, Google announced that it would introduce its Street View service for the country’s 20 largest cities by the end of the year. In response, Germany is considering a law that would place stricter boundaries on the mapping service and similar apps. According to an Interior Ministry spokesman, the German cabinet plans to meet next week to issue an opinion on the matter.
Facebook has fixed a bug that could have been used by spammers to engineer phishing attacks on users. When a user entered the wrong password on the log-in page, the “Incorrect Password” page included their full name and profile photo. This could have been used to link e-mail IDs with FB users. Secfence Technologies’s Atul Agarwal says, “Facebook users have no control over this, even as this works when you have set all privacy settings properly. Harvesting this data is very easy, as it can be easily bypassed by using a bunch of proxies.”
Teri Hatcher is regretting the photos she recently posted on her Facebook. To prove she hasn’t had Botox in her face, the Desperate Housewives star uploaded 9 candid snaps of herself for her fans to see. Unfortunately, Hatcher didn’t realize that international press could get a hold of them until it was too late. She says, “Honestly, I am so behind the game on Facebook. I didn’t even know that media could pick up pictures and distribute them all over the world.”
Recently, hip-hop artist turned humanitarian Wyclef Jean announced his intention to run for the presidency of Haiti. Wyclef, who was born in Haiti and has been active in relief efforts after the country’s disastrous 2009 earthquake, insists that his candidacy is no joke and that his “focus on helping Haiti turn a new corner will only grow stronger” through his political aspirations.
We’re no experts in Haitian politics here at Reputation.com, but we like Wyclef, so we thought we’d offer the presidential candidate some free political advice. The first item on the agenda: freshen up your online presence!
The ReputationDefender team is out in full force at this year’s American Bar Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Today, we have a photo of our hard-working crew spreading the RepDef message on the expo floor. Check it below.
If you’re a member of the ABA, you are eligible for exclusive discounts on Reputation.com products, so make sure to swing by the Reputation.com Booth to say hi to our team. We might even give you one of our awesome t-shirts!
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