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EFF’s Annual Report: Which Company is Protect Your Information from the Government

In the United States we are supposed to have certain rights under the 4th amendment of the U.S. Constitution: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the

GNC-2011-10-17 #717 Mixing it Up!

Time to mix it up a bit to keep things interesting. Watch and see :) Lots of great commentary tonight. Times are a changing and it is going to be an amazing time to watch it all go down. I will be on the road for the next two weeks, will likely have guest hosts for the next two shows

Egypt’s Crackdown of the Net and Mobile Services

The Internet Gives and the Internet Takes away is probably how I can sum up the situation in Egypt. What is crazy about the internet shutdown in Egypt was the absolute cut-off that has occurred. When drafting this 90% of Egypt is disconnected from the rest of the world. Makes you want to make sure you hold on to some

GNC-2010-03-05 #557 SXSW in my Cross Hairs!

Heavy into planning for SXSW the show goes on the road for about 20 days starting with Thursdays show. Lots of exciting things in the pipeline, we made a major announcement today over at blog.blubrry.com getting our podcast communities ready for the revolution / evolution of the website. Details to all of you as soon as I can put the

FTC Kicks Off Operation Spam Zombies

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 35 government partners from more than 20 countries are targeting illegal spammers who take remote control of unwitting users' computers to serve as spam transmission zombies. By hijacking home and business computers, spam can be routed through them, thereby hiding the true source of the spam and making the enforcement of antispam laws more difficult.