Sophos has polled over 800 Facebook users, asking whether people should seek permission before posting photographs or videos online of others.

Although a large majority – 83% – of polled Facebook users think it’s just common courtesy to ask permission before posting a photo or video of someone else (and a further 8% felt it should be illegal not to have received approval), some respondents believed that Facebook’s existing tagging controls allowed you to remove a picture that you didn’t want published online.

Unfortunately, that’s not correct.

Last August, Facebook revamped its privacy settings – introducing the option to review photos and posts that you have been tagged in before they appear on your own profile page.

(You may or may not be surprised to hear that Facebook has not enabled this option by default.)

However, rejecting a photo tagged in your name from appearing on your profile page does not stop your Facebook friend from uploading and publishing it in the first place, it merely blocks it from appearing on *your* profile. It will still be visible elsewhere on the site.

Source: Sophos

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The new Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion is coming this summer.

Apple as announced the latest version of OS X named “Mountain Lion.” It is projected to be available by the end of the summer. Here are some of the new features:

Messages

Messages does everything iChat does, and so much more. For starters, it comes with iMessage. And just like iMessage in iOS, it lets you send unlimited messages to anyone on a Mac or an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 5. Send photos, videos, documents, and contacts — even send messages to a group.

Notification Center

Something new is always popping up somewhere on your Mac — an email, an instant message, a friend request, a calendar alert, and more. Notification Center makes it easy to stay up to speed, because there’s one place to see everything.

AirPlay Mirroring

This new feature in Mountain Lion is made for an audience. With AirPlay Mirroring, you can stream what’s on your Mac to your HDTV via Apple TV.

GateKeeper

Gatekeeper in OS X Mountain Lion makes the Mac safer than ever. It helps prevent you from unknowingly downloading and installing malicious software. And it gives you control over which applications to download and run on your Mac.

Game Center

The Mac is about to go up against iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch — in a friendly Game Center way.² Now it’s a bigger playing field with even more competition. Just create a Game Center account with your Apple ID.

iCloud

In OS X Mountain Lion, sign in once with your Apple ID and iCloud is automatically set up across your Mac.

Share Sheets

You’ll find the Share button in many OS X Mountain Lion apps. It’s the new, easy way to spread the word — links, photos, and videos, too.

Notes

Notes in OS X Mountain Lion is designed for whatever’s on your mind. Think it up. Jot it down. Make it even more noteworthy with photos, images, and attachments. You can add, delete, and flip through your notes or do a quick search.

Reminders

When you have so much to do, Reminders helps you get it done. It’s all in a list. More than one, in fact. Make as many lists as you need and easily add to them. Set due dates and you’ll get alerts as deadlines approach.

Source: BitWise Computer Repair