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Not being paranoid doesn’t mean no one’s out to get you.
Ah, for the days when that saying didn’t start with the word “not.”
As an interesting exercise, take a visit to Sysomos , which is one of many vendors in the business of watching you to the finest detail [...]

Middle Man Protection

Don’t mistake this discussion as related to “man in the middle” attacks.
Middle man protection describes having a middle man act as your agent in some kind of transaction.
In effect when you subscribe to Anonymizer or Tor you are making use of a middle man for your internet connection. Their anonymous servers sit between you and [...]

Microsoft TRUSTe Complaint Closed

Below you will find the final disposition of the Complaint filed against Windows Live (Microsoft). I am accepting the complaint as closed and will not be taking further action as I accept TRUSTe’s position that the representations made by Microsoft are legally binding representations and therefore are properly taken as truthful.
We note the following:
First, it [...]Others in this GroupComplaint filed with TRUSTe – August 19, 2009Microsoft TRUSTe Complaint Closed (This post) – September 30, 2009Microsoft lies to TRUSTe? – September 29, 2009TRUSTe not to be trusted – October 16, 2009TRUSTe starts complaints process against Microsoft – August 20, 2009

What we really think about Microsoft

Ready for the shocker: For the most part we “like” Microsoft.
By that we mean that Microsoft produces high quality products and is not as uncaring about security as many in the “safe web business” would have you believe.
Microsoft has issues that we hope it will confront, but those issues are on average no more egregious [...]

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