Tag Archives: consumer

I Feel That It’s Almost Crime

Imagine Monster put a click-through license on the malware, adjusted the privacy policy a tad (include an opt-out for additional “services”), and voila! It’s not a privacy breach, it’s an additional revenue stream! The 1.6M bits of Monster job hunter … Continue reading

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One Man’s Trash

The righteous fury of Texas Attorney Abbott was last month stymied by an elite cadre of county clerk ninjas who conjured a shambling legislative behemoth to crush his valiant effort to protect the privacy of Texans.Abbott screwed his courage to … Continue reading

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Charts ‘n Graphs

From Pogo, this article from Physorg on the classic Evil Hacker v. Evil Suit dilemma. From the article: If Phil Howard’s calculations prove true, by year’s end the 2 billionth personal record – some American’s social-security or credit-card number, academic … Continue reading

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Stupid, powerless, uneducated.

Infoworld on a session at RSA: The Cybercrime Blame Game. Although a conference center ballroom may not be conducive to rational discourse (see: US Political Party Conventions), this discussion appears a bit over the top: More people complaining about identity … Continue reading

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