So Long, 4th Amendment. It Was Nice Knowing Ya

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

What if I said the FBI could order your bank, ISP and telephone company to turn over all records and logs relating to you without a valid warrant, then force everyone involved to cover it up? That doesn't sound right because the Fourth Amendment should prevent that sort of thing. Let's ...

Help! My Belkin Router is Spamming Me!

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The marketing geniuses at Belkin, the consumer networking vendor, have dreamed up a new form of spam - ads served to your desktop, by way of its wireless router.Uh Clem. a former Belkin wireless router user, was perplexed to find machines on his network redirected to an ad for Belkin's ...

You’ve got mail — and the boss knows

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

More than nine out of 10 (92 percent) managers check up on their employees' use of e-mail and the Internet at work, according to a new survey of 192 companies by Bentley College's Center for Business Ethics. The study by the Waltham, Mass., college found that 26 percent monitor employees' online ...

10 steps everyone should take to protect their online privacy

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Online privacy is at risk now more than ever. It is important that people take the protection of their personal information into their own hands. Below are ten steps everyone should take to protect their personal, sensitive, and valuable information. Step 1 Think before you type. The Internet is the least privacy-friendly ...

Loophole Found In Do Not Call Law

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

This past July, the US Federal Trade Commission began accepting phone numbers for the national Do Not Call list. The Do Not Call list is supposed to shield frustrated citizens from receiving annoying telemarketing phone calls. It is illegal for a telemarketer to call a telephone number listed on this ...