That isn't in itself news, but this Frontline documentary is definitely worth a watch ( Read more... )

Companies find just about any way to make money off of people

http://www.wikihow.com/Opt-out-of-DNS-Redirection

Also, google search "BAREFRUIT LTD hijack dns"

I won't get to know the result unless I post the code somewhere, so if I get a dumb result I'd be stuck looking at it AFTER I post {DRUMROLL}....................


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http://g-technology.com/hellbent/

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This "background check" has your age on display right away, even without paying or subscribing. Plus there's a free trial where people could just find you for free without even a bill sent to them ( Read more... )

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Cable-subscribers-flee-but-is-apf-3875814716.html?x=0

Maybe because it's a ripoff? I don't even have enough time to watch free over-the-air TV that I get on the antenna, much less all those useless cable

http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/Firesheep/Read more... )

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-unofficial-facebook-privacy-guide/

Of course, if you're just going to delete the account you might not need it.

Wow. Somebody/people managed to preserve old Geocities pages by moving them to an archived site, complete with working infrastructure. It means if you used to run a piece of internet history at Geocities (or used to read some of those sites) you can now access them again by replacing the original Geocities url's "G" with Reocities' "R ( Read more... )