http://gravesnet.com The Inbox of the Internet (really) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:01:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been quiet because I am busy with a new job and a new baby! I am also thinking of starting to blog about my reflections on life moreso than my reflections about the Internet — but to do that requires time for which, please see my first sentence. ... http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/03/24/facebook-poke-and-message-now-gives-you-less-privacy/ Hilarious: apparently, some droll individuals consider that it is actually rude to fall asleepwhile others are singing karaoke! whowoulddathunk it?! [look how far down on the list it appears! LOL.] http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/02/06/karaoke-in-japan/ Interesting article from the Federal Access to Information Commissioner on the the Manley Report While it may be explicable, if not laudable, for any government to want to withhold bad news, it is difficult to understand why even good news is not being released. Surely the fact that Canada decided not ... http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/01/31/time-for-the-government-to-dispel-the-information-fog/ Love this quote criticizing the “old folks’” condescension toward the “young folks”: “You didn’t behave like that because nobody gave you the option.” Clay Shirky, a 42-year-old professor of new media at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, who has studied these phenomena since 1993, has a theory about that response. ... http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/01/31/kids2c20the20internet2c20and20the20end20of20privacy3a20the20greatest20generation20gap20since20rock20and20roll20-20new20york20magazine/ great show of fast food glossy advertisements versus the actual picture of what you get! via accidentalhedonist.com http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/01/28/fast-food-ads-vs-reality/ iPhonies. watch them sell out big time! conversely, Buy a Bigger Envelope. check out the tips to avoid the buying buzz http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/01/28/iphonies/ Classic example of what not to do. In response to Britain’s loss of CDs containing personal information of half the population, an individual published his own bank details in a newspaper to hammer home the point that his money was still safe and the spectre of identity theft a sham. ... http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/01/07/is-identity-theft-real-hacker-proves-it-on-a-dare/ via schreiner.com http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/01/03/the-real-reason-raccoons-like-garbage/ Compare last year’s ranking of country privacy protections with this year’s. Specifically, look at Canada’s ranking. Then look at America. Then Russia. Then China. Uh…do you see a connection? Certainly, Canada’s ranking is being impacted by our inability to resist American surveillance. And isn’t that a perfect picture: America = Russia ... http://gravesnet.com/archives/2008/01/03/leading-surveillance-societies-in-the-world-2007/ Bruce Schneier writes the best review I’ve seen so far of Britain’s “privacy Chernobyl” where a low-level government employee mailed a copy of the entire national child database to the National Audit Office in London — and they were lost in the process. Rule of thumb? Data minimization. http://gravesnet.com/archives/2007/12/04/security-officer-on-britains-privacy-chernobyl/