Verizon Tries to Justify NSA Spying
Verizon, who I was pretty certain hadn't handed over any customer records according to them, is now saying that it's ok for them to do it, it's free speech.
Essentially, the argument is that turning over truthful information to the government is free speech, and the EFF and ACLU can't do anything about it. In fact, .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]LIFE Board Game Twisted to Sell Credit Spending Philosophy to Kids
This stuff drives me crazy. I really, really hate companies who target kids in this way.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: credit, Families, Kids, LIFE GameTSA Steals Money and Gets Away With It
So they don't have cameras watching the TSA employees as they check the luggage? It's no wonder abuses like this keep happening.
Don't check valuables! You have to assume that anything worth more than 5 bucks that you check is going to be stolen. It's not pretty, but it's the world we .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Debt Collectors Find Way to Garnish Wages Without Going to Court
In clever application of the law, debt collectors have started to garnish wages from debtors. To stop the garnishment, you have to pay to file the case in district court.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksPre-Problem Legislation? Who’d Have Thought?
Assuming the bill is written well, this is a very good thing. Congress is pushing through a law that would prevent discrimination based on genetics. If you don't understand what this means, check out Gattica, a movie that explains the risks better than any other I've seen.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Congress, Discrimination Genetics, DNA, Good StuffTJX Blames Weak Wireless Security
This is so, so stupid. It's not weak security, its that you data-abused us for all our customer data that we didn't want you to keep anyway. If you hadn't stored all the data on us, you couldn't have lost it.
In addition to pilfering over 45 million—and possibly as many as .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]RIAA and RICO
Here's an interesting discussion of how RICO might (or might now) apply to the RIAA. For those who don't know, RICO is a special statute that provides for harsher penalties and triple damages for plaintiffs as long as it can be shown that the defendant is a member of organized crime (look it up on wikipedia for a .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Customer Abuse, Nuisance Lawsuits, RIAA, RICOUS Snubs Canada
In a continuing effort by the Bush administration and the ridiculous Department of Homeland Security to make sure there's not a country left in this world that supports us, the DHS has suddenly abandoned talks with Canada about traveler pre-screening.
"It's unacceptable to say it can't be figured out," former U.S. ambassador Gordon Giffin said Thursday from .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Credit Reporting Companies Ruled Against in Recent Case
If you have an outstanding debt that you eventually decide to make good on, you may get penalized. The "Date of Last Activity" field on your credit file will get updated if you make a single payment making it appear as if your delinquency was yesterday instead of 3 years ago.
This practice has been challenged and it .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Credit Cards, Customer AbuseSpy Stuff – Reading Your Computer Monitor Through Walls
I've heard about this before. Using the right equipment, you can see most of what is on someone's computer monitor from a good distance and through walls.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Brother, Spying