Tag: Internet privacy
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First SOPA/PIPA – then ACTA. Round 2!
OK fresh from the wins of the Great Internet Blackout, it’s time to remember that ACTA, The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (remember that?) has NOT gone away, it’s coming up for the final vote in the European Union, despite major problems with the lack of transparency, a massive vote against it in 2010, private and public…
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Rednek – I’m not Skrillex
…and for that I’m very grateful. Brilliant dubstep/country hybrid. Now available over at Beatport…well would be but: Both their new and old sites use your IP location, so if you like me were using VPN and can’t see the link, or are told ‘Restricted in your territory’ falsely, check that’s not on. Spent 10 mins…
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What’s in a name?
Like many other people I rushed to join Google+, partly because I was finding Facebook a rather restrictive and passive aggressive space – like the insistence of ‘real names’ and forcing you to adopt ‘real-sounding’ names (they have no way of checking apart from keyword searches although will ask you to send ID if they…
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Block Facebook adware
(via viridescence) Yep Facebook is using a tracking system that even logs (or tries to log) what you do even when you’re logged off via other sites using the system; it records all manner of info – rather worrying for a site which people entrust their personal info to. And the irony as you can’t…
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Email down…
Just a note to those that email my other address (tjbaker.co.uk) was down since Thursday due to a domain/server issue. It should be fixed now.If you’re still having problems, please can you email me at GMail (I’m on there as timbearcub) or the mutantpop address mentioned in my Contact page above. Apologies for the vagueness…
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HiHOdeo…
If you want to know what Odeo is all about go and sign up, and you’ll get invited -just had a poke around, and yes some kind person has added Radio Clash and I already have 3 subscribers over there (yes you, Fin!) which was a nice surprise… It’s a cool-looking site, obviously doing a…