-
Facebook mobile privacy
Once Photo Synch is enabled, each and every image taken by a cell phone’s camera is automatically sent to Facebook’s servers and uploaded to a private album for that user to later log-in and review. Should the user then decide they want certain pictures to go public, a click of the mouse from their computer will allow for the image to be made ( Read more... ) -
Chinese malware pre-installed on new PCs
Microsoft has published evidence of an extraordinary conspiracy in which potent botnet malware was apparently installed and hidden on PCs during their manufacture in China ( Read more... ) -
Does life online give you 'popcorn brain'?
The worry is that life online is giving us what researcher, David Levy, calls "popcorn brain" -- a brain so accustomed to the constant stimulation of electronic multitasking that we're unfit for life offline, where things pop at a much slower pace ( Read more... ) -
Hacking
Hackers break into Senate computers
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/13/us-cybersecurity-usa-senate-idUSTRE75C5JI20110613
Government 'may have hacked IMF' computer security, computers, hackers, internet, securityFlash Cookies: The Silent Privacy Killer
"What if there was a type of cookie that could:
* Stay on your computer for an unlimited amount of time
* Store 100 kb of data by default, with an unlimited max
* Couldn’t be deleted by your browser
* Send previous visit information and history, by default, without your permission"
More at privacy, internetMoney for your creative project
Looks like this thing works.. Even a movie about "psychic goat" was able to get 10K financing.. not too bad. Diaspora social network project got 180K in 2 weeks..
http://www.kickstarter.com