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  • Would you trust Zamzar with your data?

    Kevin writes about Zamzar , a free web-based service that converts audio, video and documents from one format to another (via Download Squad ). Sounds cool, but would you trust them with your sensitive data? I don't know about you, but I barely trust Google or Microsoft with this information. Should...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 11-03-2006

  • Sensitive data does not belong on mobile devices

    13,000 current and former ING employees are at risk after a laptop, which was neither password protected or encrypted, was stolen from an agent’s home . Equifax lost the names and SSNs of 2,500 employees . "The personal data of millions of consumers who obtain credit scores from Equifax were not compromised...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-28-2006

  • NSA to mine social networks

    The NSA is planning to harvest the extensive information available on social networks ( via Waxy ). The NSA has demonstrated a desire to build and mine a database of personal connections, so this should come as no surprise - even if it isn't particularly effective . Bruce Schneier also pointed to a great...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-16-2006

  • Microsoft's Genuine Advantage: WGA Phones Home

    Windows Genuine Advantage phones home , sending the product key, manufacturer, operating system version, BIOS information and user locale setting and language back to Microsoft servers. WGA phones home even after the particular copy has been validated. Microsoft defended this , saying its intentions...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-15-2006

  • How not to steal a Sidekick

    Too funny . See, the problem with a Sidekick is that the information is all stored on T-Mobile's servers. In other words, if you steal it and take a bunch of pictures, they are available through the T-Mobile website. And, of course, those pictures get posted on the Internet.
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-08-2006

  • Who will watch the watchers?

    As I've said in the past, we should all be concerned about privacy even if you're not doing anything wrong . Bruce Schneier made this point last week in discussing the value of privacy : "Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that's why we should champion privacy...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 05-22-2006

  • Who's reading your e-mail?

    Your ISP can read your e-mail. That's what a federal district court decided in 2003, and what the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld last week. A little history: Back in 1998, an online bookseller gave free e-mail accounts to book dealers and then secretly copied all messages that came in from Amazon...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-11-2004
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