This is an excerpt from Andre Bacard‘s discussion on ‘Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)’ posted on a newsgroup back in 1995. It just sums up my own sentiments and shows us we really are no further forward 12 years later… Show me a human being who has no secrets from her family, her neighbors, or her colleagues, and I’ll [...]
So Facebook have finally had to back-track on their plans for their social advertising after more than 50,000 users demanded to be heard. Protests force Facebook to change Facebook had launched Beacon to the advertising community, with over 40 companies including eBay and Blockbuster joined up. Every time you bought something on their sites, Facebook [...]
So what happens when the government is caught with it’s pants down over not being able to secure people’s personal data? It squeals ‘Merry Christmas, but watch your back’ instilling the old argument of ‘fear’ as their method of control, in their latest spin tactic. Public warned of growing threat of terror attacks With the home secretary, [...]
A smiling Gap employee appears on a giant flat-screen monitor just inside the store, greeting customers as they walk in. “Good afternoon, Mr. Yakamoto,” she says, loudly and cheerily. “How did you like that three-pack of tank tops you bought last time you were in?” A science-fiction film it maybe, but that scene from [...]
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