Why would a utility company need my DOB and SSN to start service at an apartment rental that is owned by someone else? If I default, won’t they just revert billing to the owner?
(edit 10 minutes later) or, more to the point: Why should they care who I am as long as I [...]
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64% of teens say that most teens do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about.
Posted in economics, education, ethics, hypocrisy, internet, media, privacy, technology, tagged paranoia, parenting on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So of course, if you have kids, the only logical thing to do is to pay someone else $15/month to stalk them online for you.
If the law is a secret, do you have to obey it?
Posted in copyright, dissent, economics, ethics, first sale doctrine, free speech, internet, media, politics, technology on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m thinking that negotiating a secret treaty that will strip rights from internet users to pacify movie studios is a pretty good way to make sure that it’s eventually rejected by the American people.
Now for something completely different
Posted in advertising, internet, science, tagged chia pet, Obama on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBgadgets points out this lovely Obama chia pet.
Alternate Title: 65% of Internet Users Have Never Searched For Their Own Name
Posted in education, internet, media, privacy, public domain, technology, tagged pew research on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously. There is essentially no other way to interpret this data from Pew Research, which emphasizes the number of people who haven’t yet realized that their photos are somewhere on the web. Much more revealing than the photo statistic is the one about “Home Address.” If you have ever had a phone line or a [...]
