Tag Archives: Privacy

Another Reason to Change Your FaceBook Privacy Settings

By Gib | November 6, 2008

The World of Isaac: TEXAS LINEMAN’S FACEBOOK STATUS GETS HIM BOOTED OFF TEAM.

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The Million Dollar Text Mesaging Plan

By Gib | September 4, 2008

Do you think your texting plan sucks?
How about the stiff bill Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick just received for his text messages?
Mr. Kilpatrick’s troubles began in January when the Detroit Free Press published text messages between the mayor and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, that appeared to contradict their sworn testimony in a whistleblower trial [...]

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Google Gives Up Copyright to Everything You See & Type (Again)

By Gib | September 4, 2008

Google was at it again!
Google released a new product — its Chrome browser — and claimed rights to everything you could read or type into or submit through it.
This means… Owning your Tweets. Your blog posts. Your emails.
Crazy, huh?
Then Google caught its gaffe, and rescinded that part of the license.
Oddly, Google did this [...]

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How Criminals & Lawyers Use Monster.com & Other Job Sites to Invade Your Privacy (and How to Stop Them)

By Gib | September 13, 2007

You’re out of work. You want a job. Or you have a job, but you want a better one. So you do what I did — what millions of people do each year. You submit your resumé online. But did you know that just by posting your resumé, you [...]

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MySpace — A Place for Dead People

By Gib | August 13, 2007

I see dead people. On MySpace. The first was a profile a friend of mine had in his Friends list. It was his teenage brother, who died a few years ago in a sad turn of events. The profile exists as a tribute & a marker, a gravestone in cyberspace. But I didn’t seek out [...]

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How to Find Walkable Neighborhoods

By Gib | August 10, 2007

Want to lose weight? Want to make new friends? Want to discover new shops and restaurants? Maybe it’s time to move. Move your feet, if you’re in a walking neighborhood. Move your life if you’re not. It’s not perfect, but there’s a great new way to find out how walkable a neighborhood is.

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