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Submission + - Zuckerberg quits Google+ over privacy concerns (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by ianpm on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @08:57AM

ianpm writes: Mark Zuckerberg has decided to leave Google's new social network because he "doesn't want to be tracked".

In other news, the Internet's irony meter has just exploded.

Robert Scoble is now the most followed person on Google+ according to The Inquirer.

Comment Re:Problem with DVDs was... (Score 1) 649

by ianpm on Thursday April 02, 2009 @09:04AM (#27428919) Attached to: Obamas Give Queen Elizabeth an iPod

Actually, tucked into one of the DVD cases was a copy of DVD Shrink. Gordon simply needs to install that, and he's good to watch the movies without FBI warnings and unskippable trailers.

The Pirate Bay's Plans To Encrypt the 'Net 297

Posted by timothy on Friday July 11, 2008 @06:50AM from the pretty-ned8bdrnki(bdr## dept.

Keeper Of Keys writes "According to newteevee.com, The Pirate Bay, those fun- and freedom-loving Swedes, have embarked on a project to encrypt all internet traffic, probably by means of an OS-level wrapper around all network connections, which would fall back to an unencrypted connection when the other end is not similarly equipped. The move has been prompted by a recent change in Swedish law, allowing the authorities to snoop on network traffic. This will be a boon to filesharers and anyone else concerned about authorities and trade groups' recent moves towards 'policing' network traffic at the ISP level."

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