samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 07 2009 | security, privacy, google, maps"A member of the California assembly has tabled a bill that would force mapping companies to blur out millions of images in case they aid terrorists... "All I'm trying to do is stop terrorists," Anderson told AP."
That reason again. Anyone could use that reason to make anything legitimate; could you not come up with something that shows some more thought? The final paragraph is very true too.
- samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 31 2007 | security, privacy, yahoo, web apps
"Somehow, someway, my Yahoo! Mail account had been hacked. Someone changed the name of the account as well as my mailing address which is why I could not reset my password. Even worse, my dear old hacker went through some old emails I had and found information on an account I had on Ebay. The hacker then proceeded to login to my Ebay account and starting bidding and buying like it was Christmas time... Oh by the way, never heard or received back any type of communication from Yahoo!."
And this is why I'm weary of 'in-the-cloud' services - you have no control over your data anymore.
- samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 03 2007 | google, privacy, security
"The headlines just don’t stop for Google. But with the now complete acquisition of Feedburner, are there any parts of our online lives that don’t reside somewhere within the Googleplex? Through acquisitions and a few thousands of the world’s best engineers, the company knows more about you than you might be aware of. "
Ah, Fear Of Google again. I have to say it worries me sometimes, but then, what option do we have when Google's apps are so good, if not ugly?
- samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - May 08 2007 | google, privacy, security
"For the last two weeks, I've had google.com blocked at both work and home. The amount of data they're gathering on me is frightening. Not because of Google, but because I'm positive the government will legislate their way into Google's database sooner or later and start labeling people as suspicious."
Interesting experiment, and no doubt these type of concerns will become more and more important as the web possibilities become more popular. We'll be seeing more singular web data storage services, as well as home servers. Trick is, how do have our data everywhere, available on services we need, plus be in control of it?
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