Google CEO Eric Schmidt Dismisses the Importance of Privacy
This statement by Google’s CEO is quite indicative of how they really feel about your personal information.
Yesterday, the web was buzzing with commentary about Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s dangerous, dismissive response to concerns about search engine users’ privacy. When asked during an interview for CNBC’s recent “Inside the Mind of Google” special about whether users should be sharing information with Google as if it were a “trusted friend,” Schmidt responded, “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”
Read the whole thing at the EFF.
Also see PC World’s article: Google’s Schmidt Roasted for Privacy Comments
Telstra Cable Repair
An inside look at what goes in to repairing a major cable cut.
We’re Back
We were offline for a while because our new ISP gave us a DSL modem that blocked all port 80 requests. We had to switch away from AT&T after 10 years because they started using Reno as a test market for charging $1 per GB of transfer (upload + download).
GM Gets Free Pass on Site Cleanup
GM’s government-organized bankruptcy just might have freed them of the requirement to clean up their old sites by leaving “unwanted assets” behind. Expensive toxic sites aren’t usually on anyone’s Christmas list.
Detroit Free Press: GM gets to dump its polluted sites (broken) archive link
AT&T Now Censoring the Internet
It just came across NANOG that AT&T is filtering (on DSL accounts) content. The only one I’m aware of at this writing is 4chan. I won’t disagree that some questionable stuff comes across there, but I do object to AT&T deciding what content is allowed over their services. Don’t like 4chan? Then don’t go there. Easy.
UPDATE: It turns out that AT&T was doing DDoS mitigation without actually bothering to tell anyone about it. Guess what guys? The internet moves faster than your PR department. Better use that shitload of money you’re sitting on to keep someone in PR on call in case you have to make a weekend press release rather than leaving it up to rampant speculation.