Archives for the ‘Privacy Issues’ Category

Think before you post

Prudence dictates that we don’t just blurt out whatever comes to mind, especially on the Internet. According to careerbuilder.com, 51% of employers have decided not to hire a potential candidate based on what they found on Internet search engines.
Here are some of the reasons why people didn’t get hired:

31% lied about their qualifications
25% had poor [...]

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How to be a real prick, by Christian Trejbal

UPDATE II: According to the police report (posted in the interest of the public), Christian probably drives a gray Honda. Remember that he will not have a firearm with him, although he will be able to attack you with his stunning wit, assuming you can get him out of the car somehow.
UPDATE: Christian Trejbal, insouciant [...]

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freecreditreport.com - complete scam, complete rip-off

Just before I left Iraq, I wanted to check my credit score for free on-line. And that’s when I made a mistake. I was dumb enough to use freecreditreport.com to check my credit score. The site is owned by Experian, one of the big three credit reporting agencies, so I figured it was safe to [...]

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Brave new world

Bruce Schneier advises his readers to renew their passports now. Why? Because RFID chips will soon be embedded in them, and that presents a security risk.
By itself, this is no problem. But RFID chips don’t have to be plugged in to a reader to operate. Like the chips used for automatic toll collection on roads [...]

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AT&T changes privacy policy to benefit - shocker - AT&T

Bruce Schneier reports that AT&T is maneuvering to ensure that AT&T and not the customer owns the customer’s data. Think about that for a moment.
There are three ways to play this:

Do nothing - the majority will choose this approach
Provide AT&T with fake information when you sign up - possible legal ramifications for customers who do [...]

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