A Peculiar Blog

Welcome back!I just read something on Slashdot that should be a great big red flag to anyone that has any interest in email privacy at all.
The 11th Circuit court handed down a decision in Rehberg v. Paulk which severely limits how much fourth amendment protection there is for Email. The decision was that constitutional [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads So says an article on Chicagotribune.com in which they point out what should be obvious to anyone. Now that social media such as facebook, myspace, twitter and dozens more are such a huge part of most people’s lives, the feds are spending more and more time watching them.
Not only that [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I just saw something on the alt.privacy newsgroup that has managed to confirm once again that most people don’t have a clue when it comes to protecting their anonymity.
The writer was talking about how they had tested a “tips” box near the bottom of the page that has the heading: “SEND [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads According to an article on Scoop Independent News New Zealand has joined the ranks of nations with really aggressive, secret internet filters operated by the government.
Apparently two NZ ISPs, Maxnet and Watchdog, have already implemented the filter and three more, Telstra Clear, Telecom and Vodafone have stated that they will be [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I just read an article about a bug found in Windows XP.
Apparently the vulnerability involves the way that VBScript interacts with Windows Help files (when you’re using Internet Explorer, though anyone with any sense stopped doing that long ago) and can be triggered by pressing F1 after visiting a malicious Web [...]