Ego vs Ergo

You have likely heard of the recent growing uproar concerning Facebook's privacy policy and privacy settings. You're also likely asking yourself: so what!? Who cares if everyone on the Internet knows my hometown, my birthday, my name, where I got my degree or can see a picture of me? How else are they going to find ...

I'm not alone in criticizing Google's user data privacy structure (see this article and this search). But when they (or anyone else) does something right, they deserve praise. Google announced today that it has applied an algorythm similar to credit card purchase pattern analysis (though albeit extremely less sophosticated) to your Google account access. You may ...

Google recently implemented a preferences tab in GMail which allows users not only to hide Buzz, but to opt-out from it completely. Hurray! My excitement was short-lived, though. Once the user clicks on the "Disable Google Buzz" link, they are met with this warning message: I noticed that Google Reader is listed second, perhaps in response ...