Category Archives: Internet

The Death of Privacy.. Schadenfreude* Alert!

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And now for some festive comic relief.. Zuckerberg’s sister has been whining about the ‘sharing’ of one of her ‘private’ photos, originally posted on – guess where – Facebook!    She naïvely assumed it was ‘private’, but apparently a Facebook-friend-of-a-friend had access to it, as well… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9767266/Zuckerberg-private-family-photo-exposed-by-Facebook-sharing.html Apparently this was such a heinous and unspeakable crime, that it … Continue reading →

The Internet is Safe! – Until the Next Time..

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So – predictably – the UK and US refused to endorse the less-then-subtle attempt by a UN body to ‘regulate’ the flow of information across the ‘net.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9743911/UN-internet-talks-collapse-as-Britain-and-US-refuse-to-sign-treaty.html Once these two nations made their position clear, the usual group of ‘Western’ nations followed suite, including Canada, New Zealand, and – of course – Sweden… Despite the best … Continue reading →

‘Wicket’ – UN to Control the Web? Be Very Afraid..

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The UN has – in many peoples estimation – singularly failed to live up to its remit, in so many areas..   Now there is a proposal to had over ‘control’ of the Web to a UN Agency that is unaccountable in so many ways, at the upcoming ‘World Conference on International Telecommunications’ (WCIT, or ‘wicket‘): http://www.siliconvalley.com/mike-cassidy/ci_22100695/cassidy-dubai-internet-conference-threatens-our-wide-web The … Continue reading →