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Submission + - Google Won't Leak Search Terms Anymore (blogspot.com)

Submitted by nonprofiteer
nonprofiteer writes: Google plans to encrypt search for signed-in users, so that websites will no longer get to see the search terms that led a user to their site, though they will get aggregated reports on the top 1000 search terms that led traffic to their sites.

Comment Re:2 Words (Score 1) 308

by lrobert98 (#37192786) Attached to: Smartphones: the New Home of Crapware
One more word: Nope

Amazon MP3, Facebook, Twitter, and a number of Google branded apps are all preinstalled by Google on my Nexus One and are not removable. Each Android upgrade has brought more of these. Sure, it's not as bad as a carrier branded phone but Google is not exactly innocent either.

Comment Re:PS3 now costs as much as a midrange BF3video ca (Score 1) 167

by lrobert98 (#37142724) Attached to: PS3 Enjoys Retail-Wide Sales Spike After Price Cut

Yeah, but you need to factor in identity theft into the price as well.

Only if you're planning to give them your credit card information or to use a password on PSN that you use elsewhere. Neither of which is required nor recommended (IMHO). If you don't give them anything sensitive, then they have nothing that can be compromised.

Comment Re:No thanks (Score 1) 167

by lrobert98 (#37141538) Attached to: PS3 Enjoys Retail-Wide Sales Spike After Price Cut

You do realize you can get PSN without giving them your credit card info since it is free, right? Heck, even if you want to buy something you don't have to give them your CC info, just need to buy PSN cards at the store.

Not only that, you can buy PSN cards online from Amazon.com and download the codes immediately. So you don't even have to go to the store. (At least in the US. YMMV.)
Idle

Submission + - Right-Wing Extremists Tricked by Trojan Shirts (spiegel.de)

Submitted by gzipped_tar
gzipped_tar writes: Fans at a recent right-wing extremist rock festival in Germany thought they were getting free T-shirts that reflected their nationalistic worldview. But after the garment's first wash they discovered otherwise. The original image rinsed away to reveal a hidden message from an activist group. It reads: "If your T-shirt can do it, so can you. We'll help to free you from right-wing extremism."
The Courts

Submission + - Supreme Court To Weigh Warrantless GPS Tracking (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
CWmike
CWmike writes: "In a move with far-reaching privacy implications, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case involving the government's authority to conduct prolonged GPS tracking of suspects in criminal cases without first obtaining a court warrant. The government has argued that it has the authority to conduct such searches ; privacy advocates have argued that such tracking violates Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure. The Supreme Court's decision in the case will be pivotal because lesser courts around the U.S. have appeared split on the issue in recent years, with some upholding warrantless GPS tracking and others rejecting it. Last August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit sided with the subject of the Supreme Court hearing, Antoine Jones, a Washington, D.C. man who was convicted in 2008 on charges of possessing and conspiring to distribute more than 50 kilograms of cocaine, and rejected claims by the government that federal agents have the right to conduct around-the-clock warrantless GPS tracking of suspects."

Submission + - Microsoft, Google, Twitter debate HTML5 (networkworld.com)

Submitted by
jbrodkin
jbrodkin writes: "The annual USENIX conference featured an all-star lineup of engineers from Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Flipboard debating whether HTML5 is the "holy grail" for building next-generation Web applications, and whether mobile developers should build websites or apps. The promise of HTML5 is "write once, run everywhere," but the panelists did not agree on whether the technology is good enough to make browser applications feel "native." There was general agreement that HTML5 is lacking on mobile devices, and that for better or worse the move toward apps instead of websites is being driven less by technology than the imperative to make money."
IBM

Submission + - IBM Did Not Invent the Personal Computer

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: As IBM gives itself a self-congratulatory pat on the back as it celebrates its 100th anniversary, Robert X. Cringely wants to set the record straight: 'IBM didn't invent the personal computer', writes Cringely, 'but they don't know that.' Claiming to have done so, he adds, soils the legacy of Ed Roberts and pisses off all real geeks in the process. Throwing Big Blue a bone, Cringely is willing to give IBM credit for 'having helped automate the Third Reich'.
Android

Submission + - Franken bill would protect consumers location data (thehill.com)

Submitted by GovTechGuy
GovTechGuy writes: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) unveiled a new bill on Wednesday that would require firms like Apple and Google to obtain consent from consumers before collecting or sharing their smartphone location data with third parties. The bill would cover all mobile devices including tablets and require firms to inform consumers when they collect their data and allow them to delete it when requested.

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