by Alex Eckelberry | May 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
If you’re a privacy advocate, you’re familiar with the various analogs for slow destruction of civil liberties. The light-dimmer effect is one, something I heard years ago from Arthur Maren. Here’s how it works: You go into a room, and someone turns...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 11, 2005 | Uncategorized
Ari Schwartz of the CDT is testifying before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on “Spyware” today. The link to the webcast is here.He has some great information in that testimony. If you’re a dedicated spyware fighter, it’s worth scanning....
by Alex Eckelberry | May 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
Aurora…as in Aurora Borealis, the northern lights, from Latin for “northern dawn”. A word that evokes images of beauty and light. ——————————That’s marketing. The truth isn’t so...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
(Props to Dave Methvin at PC Pitstop for sending me these pics and the ad links, and to Simon Clausen at PC Tools who originally made these pics).One of the more shocking things we saw at the Antispyware workshop last week was this screen: (Click to enlarge)You can...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
Article in the LA Times.
