Monthly Archives: September 2010

Every which way to lose your data…

The ACS ‘data leak’ story that’s been emerging fairly dramatically over the last couple of days has got pretty much everything you could hope for in this kind of story: a bit of porn, a bit of piracy, some hacking, … Continue reading

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No more place for privacy?

With the launch of Facebook Places in the UK, ‘location’ services have really hit the mainstream. With Facebook Places, people can ‘check in’ to indicate exactly where they are to their ‘friends’ (and probably quite a lot of others too, … Continue reading

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