Category Archives: Privacy

Facebook–The Last Straw

Posted on September 28, 2011 by laura

Facebook recently introduced some new features and everyone is suddenly up in arms about them. Again. So what? There’s nothing fundamentally new about this situation; people get used to a service and go berserk when it changes, intelligentsia become worried … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Social Media | 1 Comment

Hey Google, I Don’t Want To Give You My Phone Number!

Posted on July 26, 2011 by laura

Google is starting to get more insistent about wanting my phone number. I had to look for a second to see the small link that lets me continue without giving in. Google already has a second email account address as … Continue reading →

Posted in Google, Privacy | 7 Comments

Detailed analysis of iPhone location data

Posted on May 2, 2011 by laura

After reading Pete Warden’s iPhone Tracker FAQ and the article by Alex Levinson, I wanted to extract the precise location information from the consolidated.db file from my iPhone backups to see exactly how accurate the location data were, as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Privacy | 6 Comments

iPhone Tracker tests

Posted on April 21, 2011 by laura

I was alerted to today’s big news about the iPhone when richf posted about it on webdoc.com. His post lead me to the article on ReadWriteWeb that describes how iPhone software is automatically keeping a log of the phone’s location … Continue reading →

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Fear is the mind killer

Posted on November 21, 2010 by laura

Although the subject of this post is a considerable departure from my original intentions for this blog, something terrible is happening, and I’d like to share my thoughts about it. I don’t have any other place to do so. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Privacy | 1 Comment