Mike isn't worried, he's frustrated that these changes are being made by industry funded lobbyists. The average citizen has no power to overcome such blatant abuse of power unless he can publicise said abuse and organise a civilised resistance to unfair practices.
These changes are for the good of the few, and their wallet, NOT for the good of the many.
I know where I want the future to go. It involves people like Sony, the RIAA and MPAA seeing sense and concentrating on their core business and making fans, rather than shareholders, happier. This future also includes anonymous cowards holed up in jails, with their rear ends being used for target practice.
Even if you assume that an employer taking a look at an employees profile is ok (it's not) the fact that you have unfettered access to your friends profiles surely creates some breach of their privacy?
I'm sure Facebook's own T&Cs mention something along the lines of letting other use your account.
What if my employer uses my password to start spying on my sexy wife's beach pictures? My daughter's photos? An old friend who's a potential new employer?
Actually though, the Egypt government were saints compared to how Libya is handling the revolts. I know, I'll shoot the people who are rebelling. That'll calm the remainder.
All Gaddafi knows is violence. It's how he took power after all.
Meh, I'm sure most folk with think "fuck the US" and go to the latest rioja.es or whatever TLD they can find. Wonder if Google's screening this web site now?
Erm, scientists get paid a daily rate to work for reseachers surely?
I don't want any company knocking on my door saying "erm, we found another license holder or patent owner on the medicine you're taking. We have to pay them too, so cough up another dollar per week or we take your meds"
We don't pay shakespears heirs every time one of his plays or books is used (despite them being without copyright) but the copyrightists would have us seek someone to pay for the work he did 400 years ago
IE, FF and Chrome all support private browsing in their latest incarnations. That's 85% approximately for people using the most up to date version of their favourite browser.
So 'most' of the browsers (greater than 85% by usage) DO support private browsing AS OF TODAY.
No point legislating for things in the past. Waste of taxpayers dollars.
What if two kindle buddies meet in a public place and physically exchange kindles so they may read each other's books? Police should gun them down on the spot. Dirty pirates.
So they found BoingBoing via some kind of search (web crawler?) I assume?
Without actually reading the article, it just came up in their list of sites which have the three words together (or have 'Academic Advantage' in the same article as 'Scam').
In which case, Techdirt is next, and then me! *flees*
(incidentally, I bet 'Scam' wasn't the only word they looked for in association. My guesses include: 'sucks','smells of pee pee', 'raped my childhood' and 'is in favour of Wikileaks').
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These changes are for the good of the few, and their wallet, NOT for the good of the many.
I know where I want the future to go. It involves people like Sony, the RIAA and MPAA seeing sense and concentrating on their core business and making fans, rather than shareholders, happier. This future also includes anonymous cowards holed up in jails, with their rear ends being used for target practice.
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Re: They should change their name...
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Facebook friend breach of privacy
I'm sure Facebook's own T&Cs mention something along the lines of letting other use your account.
What if my employer uses my password to start spying on my sexy wife's beach pictures? My daughter's photos? An old friend who's a potential new employer?
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Bit.ly
Actually though, the Egypt government were saints compared to how Libya is handling the revolts. I know, I'll shoot the people who are rebelling. That'll calm the remainder.
All Gaddafi knows is violence. It's how he took power after all.
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So....
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but... but!!
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Pic I did for B3ta on this subject
http://www.b3tards.com/u/97f0808388c56fda73dd/button.jpg
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HE EATS BABIES BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And as we all know, South Park is based on fact
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I don't want any company knocking on my door saying "erm, we found another license holder or patent owner on the medicine you're taking. We have to pay them too, so cough up another dollar per week or we take your meds"
We don't pay shakespears heirs every time one of his plays or books is used (despite them being without copyright) but the copyrightists would have us seek someone to pay for the work he did 400 years ago
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Says who? You? Ok then your opinion wins. Lets go back to the days before penicillin and electricity too 'kay?
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Surprise anyone considers this serious
Bazinga
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So 'most' of the browsers (greater than 85% by usage) DO support private browsing AS OF TODAY.
No point legislating for things in the past. Waste of taxpayers dollars.
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Hard lending
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Kyiv Post?
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Hmm
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Why does gel matter
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So they found BoingBoing via some kind of search (web crawler?) I assume?
In which case, Techdirt is next, and then me! *flees*
(incidentally, I bet 'Scam' wasn't the only word they looked for in association. My guesses include: 'sucks','smells of pee pee', 'raped my childhood' and 'is in favour of Wikileaks').
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They're saying
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