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Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online

So, Facebook has IPO’d and  Zuckerberg is a multi-billionaire.  His dad is worth over $ 60,000,000. Several million people have been born. OSX has updated…twice. UK and Australia have ruled […]

Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops | Privacy Inc. – CNET News

What the Supreme Court Giveth in 4th Amendment Protections (namely, GPS surveillance requires warrants), a lower court takes away in 5th Amendment protections.   Americans can be forced to decrypt […]

US Supreme Court – GPS tracking requires warrant

Celebrate!! The 4th Amendment isn’t dead…yet. The feds will need warrants to install GPS trackers on your vehicles.   From The Register: US Supremes: GPS tracking requires warrant   ‘Stop! […]

Social media 'private' data is fair game for e-discovery in court

Data Privacy Day: Social media ‘private’ data is fair game for e-discovery in court Microsoft Trustworthy Computing released data about how posting on social networking sites can impact more than […]

Google finally admits it wants to OWN YOU • The Register

I’ve waited a few days to post this, because with all things Google, there’s more obscured behind the clouds.   The US congress has a few questions for Google Some […]

Man faces five years for ‘God does not exist’ Facebook post | ZDNet

Nietzsche declared “God is dead” (or “the death of God”) in Thus Spake Zarathustra.  For that work, and many others, he is widely created with creating whole new branches in […]

Gotham Towers – 1/31/2012

On January 31, 2012, Raj Goel presented “How To Increase Your Social Capital” – practical tips on growing your influence, your reputation and your business in 2012. The fact is, […]

WSJ – Google employees bypassed policy to sell illegal drug ads, Larry Page aware, $500 million penalty

“Google’s employees were instrumental in bypassing policy regarding pharmacy verification,” Mr. Whitaker told the Journal. “The websites were blatantly illegal.” At the agents’ direction, Mr. Whitaker said he signaled his […]

Threatened by Anonymous, Symantec tells users to pull pcAnywhere's plug – Computerworld

So let’s get this straight: 1) Symantec failed to stop the SONY Rootkit because Sony is a well-known multinational 2) Symantec released source code to the Indian Government without adequate […]

“Everything You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You, By Anybody, Now Or Decades Into The Future.” – Falkvinge on Infopolicy

“Everything You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You, By Anybody, Now Or Decades Into The Future.” Freedom of Speech There are politicians trying to eliminate anonymity on the […]