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How Do You Get Facebook’s New Graph Search?

I got Graph Search!

Facebook’s “Graph Search” is slowly being rolled out here in Australia. Facebook’s Graph Search is a new way to search Facebook so that you can use Facebook profiles with very personal details to pin-point and drill down exactly who you want to find, weather they are a friend or not. This new search uses your [...]

Why I didn’t Write A Post On This Weeks Celebrity Troll Attack Before This

The more you write about specific Trolling incidents the more the “Trolls” win and we all lose.  Yes, I agreed to an interview with 60 Minutes. I had been helping their producer who wanted to do a story on Internet trolls a few months back, and was called a few days ago to help again. [...]

Pittwater Business Limited Networking Breakfast Featuring Leonie Smith Social Media and Cyber Safety

Leonie Smith Cyber Safety Lady At Pittwater Business Limited Breakfast

I’m honoured to be presenting a talk at the October Pittwater Business Limited Breakfast at Bayview Golf Club on the 17th October 2012.  This is a unique talk by Leonie Smith who was featured on 60 Minutes last Sunday for the Charlotte Dawson Interview on Bullying and Trolls on Twitter. Leonie expertise as a social [...]

Leonie Smith From Digital Breezes Featured On Sixty Minutes Interview Charlotte Dawson Trolls on Twitter

On 60 mins

This last week Sept 2nd 2012 I was interviewed in my capacity as a social media consultant and cyber safety advisor on 60 Minutes in Australia to comment on the Charlotte Dawson Twitter Troll Attack. Since that interview, Trolls have been in the news and more celebrities are coming forward with their own stories of [...]

When Will There Be A Facebook Backlash?

Facebook R.I.P

Will Facebook’s drive for us to share absolutely everything about our lives be the death of it?   It’s not a matter of if there will be a substantial backlash but when, as far as I can tell. Facebook has just bought a facial recognition company Face.com it seems they determined to make it “easier” [...]

Are Your Employees Embarrassing You Online?

Olympic Swimmers Nick D'Arcy and Kenrick Monk Posted this on Facebook and Twitter

  All users of Social Media should be aware of how public their posts and private details are, but none more so than you as a business owner and your employees. The Australian Olympic committee either didn’t give athletes Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk (seen right) instruction on their social media use in regards to privacy [...]

How To Change Your LinkedIn Password

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Due to the recent hacking of over 6 million LinkedIn passwords you really should change your password regardless of weather yours was hacked or not. Changing your passwords regularly every few months is something you should do anyway especially in this era of Cyber Crime. The most secure passwords are 8 digits long including one [...]