FCC Chairman Pai Front-Loads FCC Consumer Advisory Panel With Anti-Consumer Functionaries

The Chairman has apparently decided it’s OK to front load a consumer level commission with anti-consumer business ‘leaders’… Pais behavior as Chairman certainly crosses the line into the realm of corruption and, at the very least malfeasance. When w… Continue reading FCC Chairman Pai Front-Loads FCC Consumer Advisory Panel With Anti-Consumer Functionaries

Airbnb’s Webcam Problems: Violations of Guest Privacy, State Law

News, via Jon Brodkin, writing at Ars Technica, that Airbnb initially took no steps to stop a property owner recording an Airbnb guest. What was Airbnb thinking? Apparently, they were not thinking at all…

‘Airbnb’s response was troubling, Nealie Ba… Continue reading Airbnb’s Webcam Problems: Violations of Guest Privacy, State Law

Office Depot & Support.com Cough Up $35,000,000: FTC Smackdown Of Scammer Corporations

via Jon Brodkin, writing at Ars Technica, comes the story of a total of $35 million dollars paid by two sketchy retail corporations (Office Depot and it’s partner in crime – Support.com) in the US, whom have fallen from grace most profoundly. Read it… Continue reading Office Depot & Support.com Cough Up $35,000,000: FTC Smackdown Of Scammer Corporations

FCC Coughs Up $43,000 For Hiding Net neutrality Records

You Can Bet The Chairman Will Be Implicated In This…
via Jon Brodkin, writing at Condé Nast media property Ars Technica, in which, Mr. Brodkin reports on bad news for Chairman Ajit Pai, as the FCC was forced to settle a suit (to the tune of 43K… Continue reading FCC Coughs Up $43,000 For Hiding Net neutrality Records

Disturbing New Tracking Revelations. The Latest Culprit? Foursquare.

Don’t have an account at Foursquare – then why is the company tracking you? The answers’ both simple and profound: You are their Product. The latest revelations are part of the sideshow at SXSW 2019 in Austin, Texas and a component of it’s ‘Hypertrend… Continue reading Disturbing New Tracking Revelations. The Latest Culprit? Foursquare.

December’s Feet of Clay Award : Verizon/AOL Is Selling Ours Kids Personal Data

Woo Hoo! December’s Feet of Clay Award has been summarily bestowed upon those nearly perfect examples of corporate scumbaggery: Verizon/AOL! Congratulations (and a $4.95 Million Fine) are in order targeting the sellers of our children’s innocence! Rea… Continue reading December’s Feet of Clay Award : Verizon/AOL Is Selling Ours Kids Personal Data

The Deep Disingenuousness of the Leviathan of Redmond

via Nathaniel Mott, writing at Tom’s Hardware comes the truth regarding Microsoft Corporation’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) call to ‘regulate’ Facial Recognition systems.
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Rather Than Focusing On Fixing Lame Windows Update System, Microsoft CEO Targets New Electronic Cricket Bat

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Smart Move – Satya – Smart Move Now, what was it you were going to do about the October Creators Update for Windows 10 nagging problem of deleting user documents and other files en mass? Was this a redirection marke… Continue reading Rather Than Focusing On Fixing Lame Windows Update System, Microsoft CEO Targets New Electronic Cricket Bat

What Kind of Googlery Is This, Location History Suit Antics

via Cyrus Farivar, plying his trade at ArsTechnica, regales us with the sorry tale of Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) nearly continuous falsehoods surrounding the data it retains. In this case, your location data. This issue has triggered a lawsuit that ma… Continue reading What Kind of Googlery Is This, Location History Suit Antics