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Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:49PM from the type-A-negative-personality dept.

trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."

Submission + - Windows Live Toolbar collecting user paswords

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n0ano

on Saturday October 06, 2007 @01:49PM

n0ano writes: "Now that I have your attention the actual article Microsoft plays 'Detective' to determine phishing frequency claims that Microsoft is not collecting user names and passwords but I don't understand how they can check for password re-use without collecting that data. Plus, even if they are respecting your privacy the opportunities for abuse from this experiment are very troubling. Also, it would have been nice if Microsoft had warned people before they collected this data."

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