The EFF has launched an FOIA suit against the Department of Homeland Security to reveal details of their warrantless search and seizure of electronics devices in customs. There have been increasing reports from people that have been had the contents…
Tom Lee over on Techdirt has a well written post on Scoble’s banning from Facebook for violating its privacy terms. The dispute in question is that Robert used a Plaxo script (a beta developed script written by Plaxo) to transfer…
Two Consumer groups think that online profiling by advertisers has gone too far. With the combination of consumers surfing habits being tracked, combining that data with sophisticated profiling engines results in a very robust picture of consumer tastes and spending…
I am not sure what to think about the announcement that both companies are going to make it easier for consumers to acquire Sun’s Java runtime, Google’s Toolbar and the OpenOffice.org desktop suite. This is something I had not contemplated,…
Imagine you arrive at your favorite club or bar and when they ask for your ID they run it thru a scanner that is linked to a database. I have nothing to hide but that kind of personal intrusion gives…
It seems the server that the SpreadFirefox website was hosted on was hacked earlier last week and was taken off line to determine total damages. Apparently the box was turned into a Spam zombie, but their is some concern that…
This is pretty amazing stuff. A little to amazing if you ask me and pretty darn accurate. I did a little search on the road I grew up on and the names, address and telephone numbers that came up were…