Yet Another Facebook Concern: Places
I can't imagine broadcasting my current location to the world. There are so many risks that I don't even know where to begin. If you like this feature, good luck and godspeed. Hopefully you don't get robbed, stalked, or worse. The point is that your risk is higher when strangers know your .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Facebook, Self StalkingProsecuting Whistleblowers
It seems there's a been a big push recently to punish those naughty whistleblowers who leaked government secrets and put everyone in danger. The only problem is, they didn't leak any secrets or put anyone in danger. Instead, they embarrassed their leaders and paid the price.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: WhistleblowersFirewall Flowchart
I always recommend having a Software Firewall on your computer, but the one catch is that you have to know what to do when you get an alert. It's not very hard once you've seen it once or twice, but to help you walk through it, I've made this firewall flowchart:
WellPoint Data Breach Due to Carelessness
Surprise, surprise. A company has giant data breach due to negligent security, but not to worry! They'll protect you by offering you credit monitoring for one year free!
Credit monitoring is a waste of your time and is likely only offered to make it seem like they're doing something for you when they probably don't. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the credit .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Data Brokering, Identity Theft, WellPointHow to Save Your DVDs From the Kids by Ripping Them to Your Computer
With the kids constantly losing, scratching, or breaking DVDs, I've been looking into building a home media center for a while. I'll get my DVD's, copy them to the computer, and play them from there (kind of like Hulu or Netflix on-demand). If you think that sounds like a great idea, check this out:
Are you looking .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Twitter Warned By Government For Security Breaches
So it's not just Facebook that's full of holes and privacy issues. Twitter has been warned by the Federal Trade Commission for their "serious lapses in data security".
The FTC had originally accused the social media service of making private tweets and the login credentials of users easily available to "hackers" between January and May of .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Big Bang Theory – Bazinga
This is my first post in a continuing series I'm going to call "Geek Culture". Like many other societal groups in the world, geeks have certain tendencies, traits, features, and history. I've decided that now might be a good time to begin sharing some with you.
First .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Bang TheoryGovernment Employees Have No Privacy on Government Devices
The city obtained a transcript of Quon’s messages during an investigation to determine whether officers were using their pagers for personal messages. The transcripts showed that Quon had been exchanging sexually explicit messages with his wife, his girlfriend and another SWAT team member. In the end, the US Supreme Court ruled that for government employees .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Supreme CourtOwning Apple Products May Be More Dangerous Than You Think
As illustrated by The Oatmeal, you may suffer more than you imagined for loving your apple products. Take a look and decide for yourself though it does get a little raunchy in parts (fair warning).
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Apple, iPad, Mac, Steve JobsPolice Calm Rioting Teens Peacefully With Ice Cream Music
This is much better than beatings and bullets:
Nursery rhymes set to music are deeply uncool. Just ask the bottle-throwing teenagers on the Twinbrook estate on outskirts of west Belfast. Ice cream music was played to them as they misbehaved and it stopped them.
The rest of the article talks about .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Police, Psychology