Not much of the content in this article from the Los Angeles Times surprised me, but it did serve as a nice reminder of the massive surveillance grid that has grown steadily over the years thanks to our addiction to electronic devices and all the fun and convenience they bring to our lives. First off [...]

I filter through a lot of news on the internet just about every day as I look for ideas on what I should be writing about. Sometimes I’m looking for news on a particular topic and a totally unrelated news item or article pops up, catches my attention and the next thing you know, that [...]

Are you getting the feeling lately that you are being watched these days? Recently there were reports that said General Motors’ OnStar service was tracking motorists and now we have a new report that says Facebook has been tracking its users as they visit other websites around the internet. A security researcher (gotta love those [...]

It’s obvious that scam artists are opportunists and I think it’s save to presume that they are a lot like sharks that smell blood in the water more so than usual in recent years due to the lousy state of the economy. Scams come in many different flavors, and although we tend to focus a [...]

Many of us have seen the advertisements on television. A motorist driving a General Motors vehicle is involved in an accident and the OnStar system automatically notifies OnStar operators who are able to call emergency services and provide them with the information they need to come to the rescue. The system also boasts other capabilities [...]

This one is breaking new ground in the world of telemarketing. Or should I call it spam? I’m a bit uncertain about this one since it is a voice message that’s delivered to unlucky users of the popular Skype voice/video messaging service. Any internet user who has received their share of spam has probably seen [...]

I must admit I was a bit puzzled when I came across this article that reveals Bank of America’s plans to exit the credit card business in the U.K. It seemed to fly in the face of my last posting which seems to indicate that the Big Banks are searching far and wide for new [...]

This is a follow-up on the last post, “The Future of Credit: Who Will They Lend Money To?” I have not forgotten about that post I originally made to this blog back in January. As the economy sinks deeper and deeper into recession, the big banks may be starting to show some signs of desperation. [...]

OK, this one is going to take a little explaining first. A short time ago I merged this blog with another one. In order to ease the process of merging the two I decided to let most of the original content on this blog be deleted and replaced with content from the other blog, which [...]

I can almost guarantee that you are going to end up with some nasties (malware) on your computer if you don’t take the time to add extra security measures to your browser programs. The most popular browsers are probably Firefox and Internet Explorer these days. Since Internet Explorer is the browser that comes pre-installed on [...]