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How Much Of Your Life Does Google Own? Dashboard Tells You
6:39AM Matt Buchanan | It’s an interesting question to consider, especially if you consider just how many Google services you might use: Gmail, Reader, Maps, GTalk, YouTube, Latitude, Calendar, Contacts and, oh yeah, Search. Dashboard shows you everything Google knows about you. More »
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Man Stupidly Uses Child Porn Filled Phone As Collateral For Bar Tab
4:16AM Rosa Golijan | Poor Aaron Klein. He left collateral for his bar tab, actually returned to pay, and got arrested. Can’t be his fault the collateral he left was a kiddie porn filled mobile phone. I’m sure his cat did it. More »
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NYPD May Track Your Phone If You’re Arrested For…Any Reason
1:40PM Rosa Golijan | The folks at the NYPD are so sweet! No matter what you’re arrested for, they’re nice enough to remove your mobile phone’s battery “to avoid leakage” and jot down your IMEI number. They’ll even add it to a database. More »
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Snoop On Your Neighbours, Get Pleasure, Money
2:00AM Jesus Diaz | In another step in their Short March to become the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, the United Kingdom of Great Britain is about to get a “game” that will allow any citizen to watch CCTV cameras every day and get prizes. More »
Science
Attn Nerdy Pervs: See Through Walls Using A Wireless Network
2:00AM Adam Frucci | Here’s something creepy: Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a way to use wireless signals to detect movement through solid walls and doors. More »
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Google Earth Will Track Cars, People, Destroy Privacy In Real Time
12:20AM Jesus Diaz | This is one of the awesomest and scariest technology demonstrations I’ve seen in a long while: Georgia Institute of Technology’s students are using CCTV video to map actual vehicles and people into Google Earth. Why is this scary? More »
Software
Child-Safety Software Secretly Records, Sells Kids’ IM Conversations
4:40AM Adam Frucci | If you buy software to protect your kids from the scary parts of the internet, you should be careful that it’s not spying on their private conversations for profit. Because that’s exactly what they’ve been doing. More »
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The President May Get Power To Control The Internet
7:10AM Sean Fallon | A revised version of a bill first introduced in the Senate this past spring would give the President power to disconnect private sector computers from the internet in the event of a “cybersecurity emergency.” More »
Design
Hide Your Porn Room Behind A Staircase For Ultimate Privacy
8:20AM Adam Frucci | There are few things cooler than having hidden passageways in your home. And unless your home is a castle of some kind, you probably don’t have any. If you’ve got the scratch and motivation, however, that could change. More »
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