Saturday, November 19, 2011

Such bad mojo.....

Mostly, the staggering numbers associated with malware are mentioned. Including a third of all malware detected was created in 2010.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221755/CI_pinpoints_200_millionth_piece_of_cloud_based_malware

I have to say that yea, this is slightly upsetting. Opting out of being tracked is being made a hassle.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/19275/heres_how_to_opt_out_of_googles_wifi_snooping

I have an HTC. This is not pleasant to read. Essentially an HTC logger that collects, oh, pretty much everything about your phone use. Sigh.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-rootkit-of-all-evil-ciq/

Yea, this still makes me cringe all the more. Getting our wi-fi data is easy since we give it willingly. Sigh.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/how-google-8211and-everyone-else-8211gets-wi-fi-location-data/1664

I like this….I think. Privacy measures foisted on Facebook and Twitter. But when businesses sign stuff like this it makes me assume it’s not as we think it is. But that’s just me. Or is it That’s just I?
http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/the-privacy-gods-must-be-crazy-178824

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