It seems, judging by this report, that there are some egg-flinging hooligans in Germany who've taken offense to people opting out of Google Street View.

I'm sorry, but I must have missed the memo. When, exactly, did privacy become a Bad Thing(TM)?

Thank you, Anonymous, for making this most informative video about ACTA. The thought that ACTA has gotten as far as it has is, quite frankly, infuriating.

Here's the deal:

Back in February, the Lower Merion School District was caught spying on some of its students via the webcams built into the school-issued laptops. Needless to say, the parents of the aforementioned students were shocked and disgusted, and they promptly filed a lawsuit against the school district.Fast forward about nine months. A ( Read more... )

I knew it was only a matter of time before you used this Ninth Circuit Court decision to spy on average citizens.

I hope you realize that this little incident means you've opened yourself up to a lawsuit.

Specifically, when did I change my name to Nobody?

I ask because, according to Declan McCullough of CNET News, "Nobody cares about privacy anymore."I have two words for you, Mr. McCullough ( Read more... )

Forget merely saying "Fuck You, Google!"

According to ReadWriteWeb, someone's decided to sue Google over the Buzz fiasco.

According to the above-linked article, the suit alleges that:

"Google Inc. broke the law when its controversial Google Buzz service shared personal data without the consent of users", [and] accuses Google of breaking the ( Read more... )

According to the Internet Web Help blog, Google is in the process of addressing the . . . concerns raised by Fugitivus and others who have found Google Buzz to be an annoyance (or, in the case of Fugitivus - and others in similarly precarious situations - a clear and present danger).

Unfortunately, Google's response has been . . . lackadaiscal, to ( Read more... )

. . . because this lady's already summed up the problems rather succintly.

To paraphrase a certain E3 interviewer:

"Fuck you, Google Buzz. Fuck you!"

EDIT: Apparently, since I read that entry, the person who runs the above-linked blog has made it a protected blog, which you can only read with a logged-in Wordpress account (understandable, given the ( Read more... )