Australian Government Getting Worse and Worse
Australia has so much Big Brother nastiness going on, sometimes they make even the UK look tame!
The newest development comes where the government is demanding service providers to store all e-mail and possibly web browsing history for all its subjects citizens.
According to the directive, where internet access is concerned, this means the ISPs must .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Smart Money Advice – How To Afford Anything
If big business has its way, which it usually does since those with the gold make the rules, business will suck every penny you have out of you until you can't earn any more and are left dead or dying. This is the way a competitive economy works: there .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
EU to Prevent Child Porn By Monitoring All Internet Searches
As depressing as the privacy and security landscape gets around here, sometimes our European friends come out with laws that make us seem so much better by comparison.
While everyone knows child porn is a very bad thing, some people will use that to push big brother agendas that are way worse than the crime they try to prevent! But won't you please think of .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: European Union, InternetKellogg’s Cereals Ordered to Stop Lying… Again
Would it surprise you to know that sugary cereals really aren't healthy? Sure! They have a vitamin or two and probably some kind of grain buried under all the fat and sugar and chemicals, but why pay attention to that?
Instead, Kellogg's corporation has been busy touting the healthy benefits of their kid's breakfast "foods":
Kellogg has agreed to expand a settlement .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Yahoo! Makes Nasty Privacy Change
Apparently Yahoo! is set to publicize everything you do online to all your friends. If you're not excited about this thrilling change, you can opt out with a single button click (so they say), but it doesn't say where or how.
I logged in with an old account and here's what you're looking for:
Once you click .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Internet, YahooACLU and EFF to Cripple RIAA Lawsuits
While I don't support downloading music and movies instead of buying them, I also don't support abusing the legal system to bully people and make money. The RIAA has been doing just that for a long time according to several consumer groups.
In this case, the The American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU and the The .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: ACLU, Big Business, EFF, Filesharing, Good Stuff, P2P, RIAAGoogle Goes HTTPS!
In a move that has most people saying "huh?", Google launches SSL search capability! By adding HTTPS to the front of your bookmark or homepage like so: https://www.google.com, you will be using Google's new service.
This is the same as Google's normal search engine with a few .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Good Stuff, Google, HTTPS, Internet, Search Engines, SSLDespite Promises, Lifelock Knows Public Data is A Risk
Todd Davis didn't post his social security number publicly because he thought his company could protect it. He did it as an advertising gimmick that netted him almost 2 million paying customers. At least, I have to assume that's what Todd's motivations were because I'm guessing he's not an idiot and knew his service wouldn't actually prevent ID theft. .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Identity Theft, Lifelock, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks, Todd DavisResearcher Points Out the Risk of Virus Infected RFID Implants
One of the many problems of RFID technology is that they can be hacked and used to spread viruses.
The device, which enables him to pass through security doors and activate his mobile phone, is a sophisticated version of ID chips used to tag pets.
In trials, Dr Gasson showed that the chip was able to .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Why You Shouldn’t Trust Facebook’s Apology
I don't want this page to descend into an "everything about Facebook" page, but the news has been coming fast and hard the last few weeks. The article I found today isn't news, but instead a plea to the public to not buy in to Facebook's apology for their recent nastiness.
Parents of young children .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
