Privacy
Read those EULAs
I don’t have much sympathy for people who scroll to the bottom of an End User License Agreement (EULA) and click “OK” just to get on with it. I do have some because it is a legal document and people do tend to glaze over when reading those. But, if you have installed the Microsoft [...]
Tracking That Computer
I found the following in the Lileks’ Daily Bleat: Minnesota just settled a suit with the state of Minnesota, where millions of consumers were apparently forced at gunpoint to buy Windows machines. Microsoft once again promised to hand over its wallet if the kicking stopped, and agreed to remain rolled in a fetal position until [...]
TCPA Case settles
I haven’t mentioned this in this space before, but in a previous work incarnation I was a legal assistant. I’m not anymore, but I put that training to good use recently. For most of the time that I’ve lived in Gatesville we’ve gotten calls that use a pre-recorded message hawking Dish Network satellite service. By [...]
GMail Troubles
California State Senator Liz Figueroa wants Google to rethink it’s GMail proposal. In her press release regarding a letter she sent to Google, she calls GMail a “misbegotten idea.” She also is threatening legislation that would “probably require Google to notify users that their messages are being monitored and perhaps give them the opportunity to [...]
