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Protect your account
Due to orkut.com's open nature, we realize that users' accounts can become compromised through phishing schemes, viruses, and spyware. Fortunately, users can help secure their own account and their online identity quickly and easily. As a starting point, we recommend the following safe practices:
Don't share: Keep your username, password and personal information secret and change your password regularly.
Don't script: Never paste a URL or script into your browser while logged into orkut.com, no matter what it claims to do. Don't click on links in emails that claim to be from orkut or Gmail. Scan your computer regularly for viruses, spyware, and adware.
Don't spread: Never enter your Google Account login and password on sites other than orkut.com and other Google properties. Never check remember me when you're using a shared computer.
Avoid posting sensitive personal data, such as email addresses or pictures, in public places.
Don't forget to click the Logout link at the top of the page when you're done using orkut.
You may also want to restrict who's allowed to write in your scrapbook and see your photos, scrapbook, videos, testimonials, and feeds. To do so, click settings under your profile photo, choose the privacy tab, and use the dropdown menu to choose who is allowed to send you scraps or see your scrapbook, photos, videos, testimonials and feeds.
Please remember never to share your password with anyone, including sites that claim to send friendly scraps to your orkut.com friends. If you've shared your password with anyone, we highly recommend you change it as soon as possible.
If someone is using your account without your permission, please report a hijacked account.
Please be assured that orkut.com does not use your email address for any purpose other than sending out orkut invitations and notices. We find spam annoying and are committed to keeping your email address safe.
Additionally, we'll never send you spam emails asking you to download anything or to send us personal information, such as your password or bank account information. orkut.com is a free service, and it will remain safe with your help.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
orkut.com Community Standards
The following Community Standards are the shared values of the orkut.com community. orkut.com is a place where users can express their own beliefs and values, and our Community Standards help foster a positive environment in which to do so. These standards are a living document and will change based on the needs of the broad community and the available tools, so we encourage you to review them frequently.
We take the orkut.com Community Standards seriously and ask you to respect them. As orkut.com members, you have certain responsibilities to yourselves and to each other.
The following guidelines are intended to protect orkut.com members' privacy, legal rights and overall user experience. Note that these guidelines are not intended to replace the actual Terms of Service for orkut.com
Potential Community Standards violations should be reported using the Report Abuse button on either the community or profile page. If we determine that the reported content is illegal or violates our policies, we may immediately remove it.
Account RestrictionsWhile we encourage users to take full advantage of their accounts on orkut.com to share ideas freely with one another, we have limitations on certain account content and behavior. Users’ accounts are subject to the following restrictions. Violation of any of these restrictions may result in the suspension or termination of an account:
User IdentitySince orkut.com is meant to foster open interactions between real people, we require users to meet basic identity standards. Accounts should only be created by the person being depicted, and all users must be alive and at least 18 years old.
Profile ContentAn account should not upload, transmit or contain (in the profile, testimonials, scrapbook entries, etc.) material -- such as child pornography -- that violates real-world laws. These users will be immediately terminated when we become aware of such content, and we will report instances of child pornography to the appropriate authorities.
Additionally, images displayed on orkut.com should not contain nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by the orkut team.
An account should not upload, transmit or contain material that is hateful or offensive based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
An account should not contain direct threats of violence against any living person, nor may it promote any dangerous and illegal activity.
Account BehaviorAccounts should not be used for commercial purposes unless separately agreed to by contract with Google. orkut.com is for personal use only.
An account should not be created by automated means or be used by an automated system to perform actions such as: creating new accounts; sending scraps, messages, testimonials or invitations; or creating communities. We may remove accounts found to be engaged in this type of activity. Similarly, an account that affects the general stability and/or integrity of the system may be suspended or terminated.
Finally, we believe that users are accountable for the company they keep. An orkut.com account should not be used to invite another account with the purpose of violating these Community Standards. If the orkut.com team determines this takes place, we may suspend or terminate both accounts.
Community RestrictionsWhile we encourage users to take advantage of communities on orkut.com to share ideas freely with one another, we have limitations on certain community content and behavior. Communities are subject to the following restrictions. Violation of any of these restrictions may result in the termination of a community:
Community ContentNeedless to say, a community should not contain material -- such as child pornography or pedophilia -- that violates real-world laws.
Additionally, images displayed on orkut.com should not contain nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by the orkut team.
A community should not display material, or be used for activity, that is hateful or offensive based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
A community should not contain direct threats of violence against any living person, nor should it promote any dangerous and illegal activity.
Community BehaviorCommunities should not be used for commercial purposes unless separately agreed to by contract with Google. orkut.com is for personal use only.
A community that affects the general stability and/or integrity of the system may be suspended or terminated until the issue can be addressed.
Other orkut.com Policies
Terms of ServiceImage Upload PolicyCopyrighted Material PolicyPrivacy Policy
Source: orkut.com
We take the orkut.com Community Standards seriously and ask you to respect them. As orkut.com members, you have certain responsibilities to yourselves and to each other.
The following guidelines are intended to protect orkut.com members' privacy, legal rights and overall user experience. Note that these guidelines are not intended to replace the actual Terms of Service for orkut.com
Potential Community Standards violations should be reported using the Report Abuse button on either the community or profile page. If we determine that the reported content is illegal or violates our policies, we may immediately remove it.
Account RestrictionsWhile we encourage users to take full advantage of their accounts on orkut.com to share ideas freely with one another, we have limitations on certain account content and behavior. Users’ accounts are subject to the following restrictions. Violation of any of these restrictions may result in the suspension or termination of an account:
User IdentitySince orkut.com is meant to foster open interactions between real people, we require users to meet basic identity standards. Accounts should only be created by the person being depicted, and all users must be alive and at least 18 years old.
Profile ContentAn account should not upload, transmit or contain (in the profile, testimonials, scrapbook entries, etc.) material -- such as child pornography -- that violates real-world laws. These users will be immediately terminated when we become aware of such content, and we will report instances of child pornography to the appropriate authorities.
Additionally, images displayed on orkut.com should not contain nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by the orkut team.
An account should not upload, transmit or contain material that is hateful or offensive based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
An account should not contain direct threats of violence against any living person, nor may it promote any dangerous and illegal activity.
Account BehaviorAccounts should not be used for commercial purposes unless separately agreed to by contract with Google. orkut.com is for personal use only.
An account should not be created by automated means or be used by an automated system to perform actions such as: creating new accounts; sending scraps, messages, testimonials or invitations; or creating communities. We may remove accounts found to be engaged in this type of activity. Similarly, an account that affects the general stability and/or integrity of the system may be suspended or terminated.
Finally, we believe that users are accountable for the company they keep. An orkut.com account should not be used to invite another account with the purpose of violating these Community Standards. If the orkut.com team determines this takes place, we may suspend or terminate both accounts.
Community RestrictionsWhile we encourage users to take advantage of communities on orkut.com to share ideas freely with one another, we have limitations on certain community content and behavior. Communities are subject to the following restrictions. Violation of any of these restrictions may result in the termination of a community:
Community ContentNeedless to say, a community should not contain material -- such as child pornography or pedophilia -- that violates real-world laws.
Additionally, images displayed on orkut.com should not contain nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by the orkut team.
A community should not display material, or be used for activity, that is hateful or offensive based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
A community should not contain direct threats of violence against any living person, nor should it promote any dangerous and illegal activity.
Community BehaviorCommunities should not be used for commercial purposes unless separately agreed to by contract with Google. orkut.com is for personal use only.
A community that affects the general stability and/or integrity of the system may be suspended or terminated until the issue can be addressed.
Other orkut.com Policies
Terms of ServiceImage Upload PolicyCopyrighted Material PolicyPrivacy Policy
Source: orkut.com
orkut Privacy and Security Center
Please visit the topics below to find out more about orkut's policies. These links also contain important information for safeguarding your profile and protecting your privacy. We trust and rely on our users to notify us of violations of our Terms of Service and to notify us of abuse.
orkut.com Policies
Terms of Service
Community Standards
Copyrighted Material Policy
Privacy Policy
Image Upload Policy
Privacy Features
Removals policy
Profile privacy features
Ignore other users
Content ownership
Security Features
Removals policy
Protect your account
Prevent viruses and spyware
Spam on orkut
General Safety Resources
General safety tips for using orkut
Advice for parents
Other safety resources
Reporting abuse on orkut
Known issues with security
Is this email from orkut? Is orkut going to delete my account?
All my scraps are gone!
I deleted my profile, but it's still up.
orkut Known Issues
We're always working to resolve problems that pop up on orkut. If your problem is listed below, we're aware of the issue and are working to fix it as soon as possible. To see more information on an issue, just click "View Details & Report." Clicking the "Report it" button will save you the time of sending us an email but will ensure that we're notified about your issue.
Source: orkut.com
orkut.com Policies
Terms of Service
Community Standards
Copyrighted Material Policy
Privacy Policy
Image Upload Policy
Privacy Features
Removals policy
Profile privacy features
Ignore other users
Content ownership
Security Features
Removals policy
Protect your account
Prevent viruses and spyware
Spam on orkut
General Safety Resources
General safety tips for using orkut
Advice for parents
Other safety resources
Reporting abuse on orkut
Known issues with security
Is this email from orkut? Is orkut going to delete my account?
All my scraps are gone!
I deleted my profile, but it's still up.
orkut Known Issues
We're always working to resolve problems that pop up on orkut. If your problem is listed below, we're aware of the issue and are working to fix it as soon as possible. To see more information on an issue, just click "View Details & Report." Clicking the "Report it" button will save you the time of sending us an email but will ensure that we're notified about your issue.
Source: orkut.com
Orkut
orkut is an online community designed to make your social life more active and stimulating. orkut's social network can help you maintain existing relationships with pictures and messages, and establish new ones by reaching out to people you've never met before.
orkut makes it easy to find people who share your hobbies and interests, look for romantic connections or establish new business contacts. You can also create and join a wide variety of online communities to discuss current events, reconnect with old school mates or even exchange your favorite recipes.
Who you interact with is entirely up to you. Before getting to know an orkut member, you can read their profile and even see how they're connected to you through the friends network.
To join orkut, simply sign in with your Google Account and you can begin to create your own profile right away. If you do not have a Google Account yet, we will help you create one in minutes.
It is our mission to help you create a closer, more intimate network of friends. We hope to put you on the path to social bliss soon. Source: orkut.com
Orkut
orkut is an online community designed to make your social life more active and stimulating. orkut's social network can help you maintain existing relationships with pictures and messages, and establish new ones by reaching out to people you've never met before.
orkut makes it easy to find people who share your hobbies and interests, look for romantic connections or establish new business contacts. You can also create and join a wide variety of online communities to discuss current events, reconnect with old school mates or even exchange your favorite recipes.
Who you interact with is entirely up to you. Before getting to know an orkut member, you can read their profile and even see how they're connected to you through the friends network.
To join orkut, simply sign in with your Google Account and you can begin to create your own profile right away. If you do not have a Google Account yet, we will help you create one in minutes.
It is our mission to help you create a closer, more intimate network of friends. We hope to put you on the path to social bliss soon.
Orkut
orkut is an online community designed to make your social life more active and stimulating. orkut's social network can help you maintain existing relationships with pictures and messages, and establish new ones by reaching out to people you've never met before.
orkut makes it easy to find people who share your hobbies and interests, look for romantic connections or establish new business contacts. You can also create and join a wide variety of online communities to discuss current events, reconnect with old school mates or even exchange your favorite recipes.
Who you interact with is entirely up to you. Before getting to know an orkut member, you can read their profile and even see how they're connected to you through the friends network.
To join orkut, simply sign in with your Google Account and you can begin to create your own profile right away. If you do not have a Google Account yet, we will help you create one in minutes.
It is our mission to help you create a closer, more intimate network of friends. We hope to put you on the path to social bliss soon. Source: orkut.com
Monday, May 26, 2008
Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
By ANICK JESDANUN – 2 days ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace.
Days after Google unveiled Friend Connect, which lets the sites of musicians, political campaigns and others incorporate profile data from several social networks, Facebook began to block the program.
Although Google was taking advantage of the same tools that Facebook made available free to other outside developers, Facebook said Google was violating Facebook's restrictions on data sharing. The two sides remain in a stalemate.
Google, whose Orkut social network has tens of millions of users in Brazil, tried to reach further into social networking with the November unveiling of a consortium called OpenSocial, which lets developers write applications for use on multiple social networks. News Corp.'s MySpace has joined, but Facebook hasn't.
This month, Google unveiled Friend Connect, which promises to pool profile data from Facebook, Google Talk, Orkut, LinkedIn, Plaxo and hi5, though not MySpace. The profile information gets incorporated into other sites — a political campaign, for instance, can build communities of supporters by tapping existing networks — with Google serving as the intermediary.
Facebook quickly objected, citing privacy concerns. Normally dealing with other companies one on one, Facebook can block a service it feels violates its rules. With Google as the intermediary, Facebook lost that leverage, so it decided to block Friend Connect entirely.
In a blog posting, Facebook developer Charlie Cheever said Google's Friend Connect "redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users' knowledge, which doesn't respect the privacy standards our users have come to expect."
Google responded, acknowledging it passes along data. But it said sharing is limited to links for profile photos of users and friends who have expressly consented to sharing with that particular site. The user's name and numeric ID on Facebook are replaced with Google's own identifiers, Google said in a company blog post.
Google also said it purges Facebook data from its systems every 30 minutes, more frequently than the 24 hours required by Facebook.
Facebook has run into privacy challenges before, most recently when it unveiled a marketing tool called "Beacon" that tracked purchases Facebook members made on other Web sites and sent alerts to their Facebook friends about the transactions.
But Rachel Happe, research manager at IDC, said the dispute is ultimately about control rather than privacy. She said Google's Friend Connect "starts to eat into other people's value proposition, which is why you saw Facebook object to it." Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gAOfgS-2v1Qhg7OKgdlLROleXVEAD90S061G0
NEW YORK (AP) — Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace.
Days after Google unveiled Friend Connect, which lets the sites of musicians, political campaigns and others incorporate profile data from several social networks, Facebook began to block the program.
Although Google was taking advantage of the same tools that Facebook made available free to other outside developers, Facebook said Google was violating Facebook's restrictions on data sharing. The two sides remain in a stalemate.
Google, whose Orkut social network has tens of millions of users in Brazil, tried to reach further into social networking with the November unveiling of a consortium called OpenSocial, which lets developers write applications for use on multiple social networks. News Corp.'s MySpace has joined, but Facebook hasn't.
This month, Google unveiled Friend Connect, which promises to pool profile data from Facebook, Google Talk, Orkut, LinkedIn, Plaxo and hi5, though not MySpace. The profile information gets incorporated into other sites — a political campaign, for instance, can build communities of supporters by tapping existing networks — with Google serving as the intermediary.
Facebook quickly objected, citing privacy concerns. Normally dealing with other companies one on one, Facebook can block a service it feels violates its rules. With Google as the intermediary, Facebook lost that leverage, so it decided to block Friend Connect entirely.
In a blog posting, Facebook developer Charlie Cheever said Google's Friend Connect "redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users' knowledge, which doesn't respect the privacy standards our users have come to expect."
Google responded, acknowledging it passes along data. But it said sharing is limited to links for profile photos of users and friends who have expressly consented to sharing with that particular site. The user's name and numeric ID on Facebook are replaced with Google's own identifiers, Google said in a company blog post.
Google also said it purges Facebook data from its systems every 30 minutes, more frequently than the 24 hours required by Facebook.
Facebook has run into privacy challenges before, most recently when it unveiled a marketing tool called "Beacon" that tracked purchases Facebook members made on other Web sites and sent alerts to their Facebook friends about the transactions.
But Rachel Happe, research manager at IDC, said the dispute is ultimately about control rather than privacy. She said Google's Friend Connect "starts to eat into other people's value proposition, which is why you saw Facebook object to it." Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gAOfgS-2v1Qhg7OKgdlLROleXVEAD90S061G0
One held for posting obscene Orkut message on Sonia
18 May 2008, 0325 hrs IST,TNN
PUNE: Orkut, the popular social networking site, is in the news again. The cyber cell of the city police crime branch has arrested Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid (22), an IT professional of Gurgaon, Haryana, for allegedly uploading obscene and derogatory text about Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi on Orkut. Congress activist Amol Bhokare (28) of Pune, who saw the message, lodged a complaint at the Deccan Gymkhana police in December, 2007. Vaid was found guilty under section 67 of the IT Act. According to assistant commissioner of police (cell) Netaji Shinde, Vaid, who was working with PC solutions, an IT company in Gurgaon, had added the derogatory text in a community named'I hate Soniya Gandhi' on Orkut, last year.
He uploaded the text while working at office. Shinde said that the police had first asked Google to provide the IP address of the person who posted the message. They learnt that the accused was connected to the net through Bharati Airtel and Sify Internet in Chennai. It was also learnt that the message was circulated through the email address'rahulvaidindia@gmail.com'. The police then sought information about the user of this email address from the internet service provider and learnt that it was the address of Rahul Vaid, a resident of Chakarpur in Gurgaon. The police nabbed Vaid at his residence on Friday. He admitted to having posted the message.
The accused was produced before the Shivajinagar court on Saturday and remanded to custody till May 21. Interestingly, the person who formed the community'I hate Soniya Gandhi' is not guilty as per the law. ACP N. Shinde said hating Sonia Gandhi is the personal opinion of the person who formed the community. Having a personal opinion about someone is not an offence as per the law. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pune/One_held_for_posting_obscene_Orkut_message_on_Sonia/articleshow/3049971.cms
Friday, May 23, 2008
Flooders and fake profiles
Flooders and fake profiles: As with any online social networking community, a number of fake and cloned profiles exist on Orkut.Due to the large number of users, and the deactivation of the jail system, the profiles were often left unremoved or, when removed, recreated easily. These profiles are normally created to troll, to spam, to flood or just for fun. It isn't hard to find users owning more than one profile, with some stating they own hundreds. Also, many of the users use these profiles to steal art that has previously posted online and deem it their own.
In 2005 invisible profiles, communities and topics started to appear in Orkut. This could be achieved by using HTML escaping codes and 1x1 pixel photos to fool the engine behind the site.
In August 2005 a freeware program was made in Delphi called Floodtudo ("tudo" in Portuguese means "everything" - this was developed by a Brazilian) specifically for flooding Orkut. It quickly spread through the users and was easily downloadable (the most common Floodtudo versions were As this program was massively used by thousands of spammers, a big spam wave struck Orkut in September and October 2005. However, changes implemented by the developers in November made this program non-functional.
As the flooding of Orkut was becoming out of control, the developers implemented some features in order to stop this. These features included not allowing two or more verbatim topics or scrapbook entries to be submitted, forcing the user to wait before posting another topic or scrapbook entry, and the usage of captchas, whenever a scrap entry is hyperlinked. They gave more rights to community moderators as well, so that users can be banned outright instead of relying on the developers to remove them, and now community moderators are able to mass-delete topics selectively in forum as well.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: wikipedia.org
In 2005 invisible profiles, communities and topics started to appear in Orkut. This could be achieved by using HTML escaping codes and 1x1 pixel photos to fool the engine behind the site.
In August 2005 a freeware program was made in Delphi called Floodtudo ("tudo" in Portuguese means "everything" - this was developed by a Brazilian) specifically for flooding Orkut. It quickly spread through the users and was easily downloadable (the most common Floodtudo versions were As this program was massively used by thousands of spammers, a big spam wave struck Orkut in September and October 2005. However, changes implemented by the developers in November made this program non-functional.
As the flooding of Orkut was becoming out of control, the developers implemented some features in order to stop this. These features included not allowing two or more verbatim topics or scrapbook entries to be submitted, forcing the user to wait before posting another topic or scrapbook entry, and the usage of captchas, whenever a scrap entry is hyperlinked. They gave more rights to community moderators as well, so that users can be banned outright instead of relying on the developers to remove them, and now community moderators are able to mass-delete topics selectively in forum as well.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: wikipedia.org
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Orkut
Orkut is a social networking service which is run by Google and named after its creator, an employee of Google - Orkut Büyükkökten. The service states that it was designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships. Orkut is similar to other social networking sites. Since October 2006, Orkut has permitted users to create accounts without an invitation. Orkut is the most visited website in Brazil and second most visited site in India. The initial target market for Orkut was the United States, but the majority of its users are in India and Brazil. In fact, as of May 2008, 43.9% of the traffic comes from Brazil, followed by India with 38.8%.
External links Official Site
Official Blog (in English)
Official Blog (in Portuguese)
Non-official Brazilian Magazine about Orkut (in Portuguese)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Source: wikipedia.org
External links Official Site
Official Blog (in English)
Official Blog (in Portuguese)
Non-official Brazilian Magazine about Orkut (in Portuguese)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Source: wikipedia.org
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