Facebook’s New Timeline Feature: ‘Organ Donor’ Status

Facebook recently announced a new timeline feature where users can add organ donor to his or her life event. The feature is currently available to two countries, US and UK.

Facebook Organ Donor Life Event

“Starting today, you can add that you’re an organ donor to your timeline, and share your story about when, where or why you decided to become a donor,” wrote Facebook in its official statement. “Facebook’s mission is simple: to make the world more open and connected. But the Facebook community has also shown us that simply through sharing and connecting, the world gets smaller and better. Even one individual can have an outsized impact on the challenges facing another, and on the world. At Facebook, we call that the power of friends.”

Although the new feature is a good cause in helping create awareness about organ donation, users should still think twice before sharing their health information publicly.

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Smartphones Get Tracked Anywhere by Navizon’s New System

A new technology, called Navizon I. T. S. (Indoor Triangulation System), uses WiFi triangulation to track smartphones without the user’s knowledge or consent. Any WiFi enabled smartphone, which is usually used by people with bundling business, that falls within an area covered by Navizon’s proprietary tracking “nodes” can be located.

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Navizon system can determine where you are, but not who you are as an individual, since all it sees is a Wi-Fi radio. However, it does recognize whether you’ve been in a place before. Although the technology can be used for security, surveillance and to measure the traffic patterns in a certain area, what about the privacy of smartphone users?

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