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Google’s Search Box Suggestions Hide Nothing

7:38AM Ryan Tate | There are things you don’t tell your husband. There are things you don’t tell your therapist. But virtually everything can go into Google’s search box — for Google to re-broadcast to the world, via its “suggestion” feature. More »
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People Begging Google To Be Their Stalker

8:37AM Ryan Tate | Google said it can now keep a detailed list of everywhere you go, play your trips back like movies and generate “alerts” for unusual movements. Who wants this? The CIA? Nope: ordinary modern humans are asking to be tracked. Insane. More »
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Big Google Is Watching: Meet Your Creepy Google Dossier

6:32AM Ryan Tate | Today Google rolled out the “Google Dashboard”, which is supposed to “protect your privacy” by offering control panels for the company’s many products. But, really, it just scares the crap out of you. Google knows all. More »
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Any Data You Give To Google Can And Will Be Used Against You

3:21AM Ryan Tate | The uber-geeks who run Google don’t seem like to think about the messy world of law and politics. But it can’t be avoided. The latest example: A Bear Stearns manager done in by a GMail account he thought was closed. More »
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Aussies Defend Right To Trash Boss On Facebook

5:34AM Ryan Tate | Sure, we preen about their commitment to freedom, but who’s out there standing up for our God-given right to curse the boss on internet social networks? Australian prison guards, that’s who. More »
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Rosie O’Donnell’s ‘Screaming Match’ With Wife Destined To Leak

9:00AM Ryan Tate | Julia Allison caught some flack for tweeting yesterday about Rosie O’Donnell’s “knock-down drag out” fight with her wife Kelli, but O’Donnell probably didn’t expect to keep the incident secret. She’s neighbours with Allison, after all. More »