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Reason 3,423 Why I Don’t Use Social Networks


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 6 Comments

Hello, My name is Dan and I do not use "social networks". I don't have a MySpace, Don't use "Facebook", Don't have an Orkut etc. Reason being, one ...

G-Archiver Steals Your Gmail Password


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 6 Comments

The nifty Gmail backup utility seems to have (possibly maliciously) collected the GMail logins of the programs users. This was discovered when a developer named Dustin Brooks took a look at ...

And So It Begins: Congress Doesn’t Extend Warrantless Wiretaps and Telcom Immunity


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 3 Comments

In an interesting turn of events the House did not approve (or even hold a vote on) the FISA Surveillance Law allowing it to expire. The House broke for a week’s ...

Uh Oh. Google Search Bar Hijacking Server Error Pages!


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 1 Comment

Seems that users who install the latest version of the Google search bar are finding that Google is hijacking a servers 404 error page. Google grabs the 404 error code returned ...

Useful Free Tool: Use OpenDNS to Block Ads


Posted in Geeky, Privacy by Dan | 6 Comments

Tired of online ads like I am? I have Firefox's Adblock Plus and Safari AdBlock installed on my computer, but it becomes rather annoying to keep installing these applications ...

RapidShare To Be Shutdown?


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 4 Comments

German based RapidShare seems to have a bit of legal troubles on their hands. German music companies have taken Rapidshare to court and have secured an order to stop ...

The Day The Internet Died - AT&T Considering Mandatory Content Filtering


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 8 Comments

At CES in a not so smoke filled room AT&T and other ISP's are considering filtering copyrighted content on the network level. Yup, that's right. Your ISP's routers ...

Adobe Formally Speaks About 192.168.112.2o7.net and Spying Concerns


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 3 Comments

Seems that I set the internet ablaze when I raised the issue that Adobe applications that called home. During the firestorm, I was able to talk to MANY individuals ...

Beware the Fake FireFox Authorization Window


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 2 Comments

These crafty hackers just won't quit, will they? The latest ploy hackers are trying is to deceive a user to think they are logging into a secure website, giving ...

Lies, Lies and Adobe Spies


Posted in Privacy by Dan | 63 Comments

Yes, I am a tin foil hat guy. The sky is falling, the NSA is listening and Adobe is watching how many times you open your programs. Okay, ...

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