A new feature in Google's toolbar extension allows you to send text messages to a mobile device. (I'm not really sure why this is a desired feature...) InsideGoogle has discovered that Google's terms of service gives them the right to…
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The Four Major Search Engines on Privacy
Cnet asked each of the major search engine providers about data retention, IP tracking and other user search privacy issues. (I will fully process this later when I have more time) [via John Battelle, and see his similar (and earlier)…
NYT: Increasingly, Internet’s Data Trail Leads to Court
The New York Times has an article today about the privacy of one's online intellectual activities and the increasing tendancy of ISPs and other online service providers to share that information with law enforcement (hopefully only when presented with a…
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If Google Made Cola…and Style Guides
Nathan Weinberg posts his response to Andy Beal's hypothetical about what Google-designed cola would look like. It's quite funny. As it happens, I was discussing style guides with some of my colleagues today, when one joked that he was waiting…
On Google’s Human Rights Caucus brief
Google has posted the brief they submitted to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus justifying their participation in Chinese censorship of information. The argument basically boils down to "providing Chinese access to filtered information is better than no information." Another nugget…
Public Comments on RFID Passports are…Public
The government's plans to institute passports with RFID chips were open for public comment since last February. The public feedback was overwhelmingly negative, noting concerns over both security and privacy. In an odd bit of irony, most of the public…
More on Search Engine IP Logging
John Battelle did some digging for a reader who wondered whether Google (and search engines in general) could easily match search terms with IP addresses, and vice versa. Here are the questions Battelle bounced off his contacts at Google:"Given a…
In Support of Google
Some arguments in support of Google's participation in Chinese censorship: From Google itself, arguing that service for Chinese users will be better overall, and that some information is better than no information at all:Google users in China today struggle with…
Google’s Action Makes A Mockery Of Its Values
Bambi Francisco writes that Google's recent decision to officially censor search results in China violates its core values:It's profound what being a public company can do to the core values of a young firm. was less than two years ago…
Love/Hate relationship with RFID
This Doctor Fun cartoon does a good job depicting our culture's love/hate relationship with RFID tags. Reminds me of that Spanish nightclub offering to implant RFID tags in patrons' wrists so they don't have to be bothered with carrying wallets…
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