Intel Corporation : McAfee Safeguards Facebook Photos With McAfee Social Protection
08/28/2012| 08:05am US/Eastern
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New app prevents unauthorized viewing, sharing, downloading, or
printing of photos on Facebook
McAfee today announced the availability of a free public beta of McAfee
Social Protection, a new app for Facebook that protects users' photos
from being shared without their permission. Offered as a Facebook app
together with a browser plug-in, McAfee Social Protection lets users
select which friends have access to their photos and makes pictures
appear blurry to everyone else. For selected friends, the photos will be
displayed properly once those friends have installed the app, creating a
second layer of protection.
McAfee Social Protection gives users a safe platform to share photos
without having to worry about them going viral or being uploaded onto
the Internet by someone else. Only friends who have been granted access
can view photos, but even they are unable to share, copy, print, or take
screenshots of them. Those that have not been granted access will not be
able to view the photos at all.
"As consumers continue to share more of their lives online through the
photos they post to Facebook, they become increasingly vulnerable to the
privacy pitfalls associated with not being able to fully control where
their photos end up," said Brian Foster, senior vice president of
consumer product management for McAfee. "McAfee Social Protection helps
to further underscore our commitment to safeguarding consumer's safety,
data and identities online."
McAfee Social Protection prevents anyone from capturing a screenshot of
your image; instead, the screen capture tool will only record a blank
space. The app also disables the save and download feature, displaying a
padlock icon over the picture when a user scrolls over it. This unique
lock feature is possible because when users upload protected photos
through the app, those files go onto McAfee, rather than Facebook
servers.
McAfee Social Protection is available as a Facebook app and browser
plug-in for PCs using Internet Explorer 8 or higher and Firefox 8 and
higher. As a collaboration between Intel and McAfee, the app was
developed by Intel's Software and Services Group.
About McAfee
McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), is
the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee
delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure
systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users
to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more
securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee
creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the
public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance
with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify
vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security.
McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep
our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com
Note: McAfee is a registered trademark of McAfee, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the
property of others.
DKC Public Relations
Matt Clark, 212-981-5158
matt_clark@dkcnews.com
or
McAfee
Heather
L. Haas, 408-346-5735
Heather_Haas@McAfee.com
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