Whenever somebody comes up with a new business idea involving social media it’s usually time to cover your private parts. To the extent that you can. Take this idea from Hong Kong-based microlending startup Lenddo as described in this article in The Observer. [Lendo] calls itself “the first credit scoring service that uses your online social network to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘privacy’
Hiding in Glass Houses
Posted: October 26, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: Find My Friends, iphone, privacy
You’re building glass houses on the sand Then you stand around and shake your head When they all fall down From Glass Houses by Steel Magnolias So the big tech and style news this month, in case you missed it, was Apple’s hyperbole laden and new(ish) iPhone 4s and iOS5. This baby boasts everything better, faster [...]
The road to jail is paved with smart phones
Posted: January 19, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: copyright infringement, fourth amendment, privacy, reasonable expectation of privacy, smart phones
Could you get me out of jail? (Man I aint even done nothin’) Could you get me out of jail? (Aye look, aye somebody get my cell phone. Aye get my cell phone.) Could you get me out of jail? From Get Me Out Of Jail by Petey Pablo Possibly the coolest innovation spawned by [...]
Is privilege transitive?
Posted: September 17, 2010 in general, professional, securityTags: attorney-client privilege, email, expectation of privacy, legal, privacy, reasonable expectation of privacy, senior computing
A little less than a year ago in a post called No privilege for you! a situation was discussed where communication that appears on the surface to be clearly privileged, that between a client and attorney, was not. Due to the circumstances of the communication. Namely it was an email thread that took place over [...]
The Prurient Public Pager Privacy Peccadillo
Posted: May 18, 2010 in general, professional, securityTags: pagers, privacy, reasonable expectation of privacy
Got a pager and the cell phone too color contacts with the sexy attitude From Oh My Goodness by NB Ridaz Riddle me this, Batman – when do you have a reasonable expectation of privacy on a pager? I always thought the whole purpose of a pager was to violate your privacy by drawing the [...]
