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What is the Value of Privacy

Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Economy on February 21, 2012

The press has been relentless lately on the cost of our privacy with news of Google bypassing the privacy features in Safari and the multi-billion dollar IPO of Facebook. Yet our privacy has been traded for near term value for many years Neilson Reports got people to give up information about their personal and family behaviors decades ago. Cellular providers have known about your personal patterns since the late 80’s and networks like NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CW, CNN, etc. all exchange content for a little information about you.

Now with the pressure to proclaim anyone that uses proxies and anonymizers as potential terrorists and criminals even the FBI has gotten into the act with a flyer that suggests that people that are overly concerned about privacy may be terrorists.

Now I must admit that if I were someone wishing to do other harm that privacy would be foremost on my mind however I personally enjoy using Google’s Latitude tracking feature to keep track of when and where I go – I think it’s pretty cool and I guess since I’m not a terrorist that no one really cares – BUT! I don’t like having advertising pop up based on my last couple of searches either – so I’ve been trying projects out like Read the rest of this entry »

Apple, Facebook, Google, Privacy, Security

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Skype’s new home Microsoft

Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Economy, Mobile VoIP on May 10, 2011

Skype

Today’s announcement of the $8.5 Billion dollar cash purchase of Skype by Microsoft will

Microsoft

have the world buzzing with chatter and speculation for weeks to come. Here are my outtakes from today’s announcement.

Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis were (are) team builders; the company succeeded against the giant telecom odds by collaboration and strong leaders that really bonded
Skype has formed perhaps the largest active peer to peer network in the world; with access to now over 50 million TV’s and other devices Microsoft will soon be expected to add Skype to Xbox, Kinect and perhaps reawaken the seemingly dead Microsoft Mobile platform
New revenues from advertizing something that has always held back Microsoft in achieving a strong financial model like Google to “Give Away” things in order to generate revenue.
Skype has become a “Verb” and Microsoft will leverage this across their applications; I see it becoming part of Read the rest of this entry »

Google, Microsoft, Skype

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Think before you “Post”

Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband on August 12, 2010

by Mark Hewitt

Digital Security

Facebook, Google, Flickr, Picasa, Twitter, all have made the world a smaller place; family’s are able to keep up with each other, events like births, proms, weddings help bring us much closer than ever possible. This is a great thing; that is until you become the target of thieves, stalkers, and identity theft.

Not thinking about a post and a shared event or photo can have devastating effects – see the news about a Facebook post that led to a home robbery; or Adam Salvage of the TV show “Mythbusters” who posted a photo of his jeep in front of his house giving the public his home address by accident.

We can accidentally post pictures that and posts that persons can use to invade our lives – here is a link to a great feature with 12 suggestions for how to protect your privacy and security –> 12 Steps toward privacy and security.

So next time you do a post, photo, event, blog comment; think about it!!

Broadband, Facebook, Flickr, Google, Internet, Privacy, Security, Technology, Twitter

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