Mr Worf, I've already been told about this by a dear friend who was concerned about the fact that details of her business activities were getting out to people she'd long since stopped speaking to. A bit of searching showed her Spokeo. Ever since, she's radically cut back her online presence. Site's a cyber-stalker's paradise. Advice on the best way to beat coming up on their radar is NOT to be logged into any site when you search.
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We allow corporations to have free reign with our privacy rights here. > (junk mail is still a multi-million dollar business. Not to mention the > things going on with facebook.) They buy and sell our information at will > and we have to jump through a myriad of hoops to stop it from happening on a > small level. > > Would you like to see an example of the next level of this? How about a one > stop website for all of the things that you have posted online sorted for > consumption by every other corporation out there? Check out Spokeo > http://www.spokeo.com/ > > They claim that it is a phone book, but for a fee you can gather data on > anyone by name or email address. I suggest that you do a search on yourself > to see what I'm talking about. They not only have personal info gathered, > but your wealth, and employment too! > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> I just realized what this means, Mr Worf, and why the West is so set >> against it. >> >> Change. Even though we are one of the most technologically and socially >> advanced nations on the planet, we DON'T like change by and large. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> That's what we need instead of forcing people to repurchase things that >>> they already own. >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Kelwyn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/22/indias-copyright-bil.html >>>> >>>> India's new copyright bill sounds like a pretty good piece of work: it >>>> declares private, personal copying to be "fair dealing" (like US fair use) >>>> and limits the prohibition on breaking DRM so that it's only illegal to do >>>> so if you're also violating copyright. That means that you can break the >>>> DRM >>>> on your iPad to move your books to your Kindle or vice-versa. It also makes >>>> it legal to make, distribute and sell tools to accomplish this. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at >>>> >>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! >>>> Groups Links >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
