May 28, 2008
Don’t trust the government
IT World Canada
Dr. Chevalier takes note of what U.S. border crossing officials may soon be able to do with your iPods and MP3 players.
“Are you scared? You should be. The resident rocket scientists in our government are ready to sign on to a program in conjunction with our increasingly paranoid southern friends to permit border crossing authorities to search your iPod or MP3 player for “stolen content” If you’ve ever ripped a personally owned CD or film to your personal entertainment device, you could find yourself facing a fine, seizure of your kit and consumption of your time and energy.”
Is your company spying on you right now?
Valleywag
Hamilton Nolan reveals just how much privacy you really have on your office work computer.
“A new survey says that corporations have become so paranoid about leaks (justifiably) that many are now engaged in “systematic snooping” in employees’ electronic communications. More than 40% of large companies read employee emails, but that’s not all; they’re also looking at your instant messages and Facebook pages. Delete! Delete!”
The fbOpen initiative: Facebook confirms plans to open-source its platform
TechCrunch
Erick Schonfeld includes Facebook’s comments regarding its new open-source initiative here.
“‘We’re working on an open-source initiative that is meant to help application developers better understand Facebook Platform and more easily build applications…As Facebook Platform continues to mature, open-sourcing the infrastructure behind it is a natural step so developers can build richer social applications and share what they’ve learned with the ecosystem. Additional details will be released soon.’”