Category: Privacy

  • iCal upgrade, Epsilon email breach, Facebook

    MobileMe iCal upgrade On May 5, 2011, MobileMe will transition to their new Calendar service. If you sync iCal calendars between devices, like two or more computers, iPods, iPads and such, and you wish to continue accessing your calendar at <me.com>, you will have to upgrade your calendars at <me.com>. Apple says all you have…

  • Getting offline after death

    And, now for something that we don’t think about that much with the internet. planning for what happens to our virtual selves after death, what to do with all of our virtual affairs. There are at least two parts to this, the first one is to have a list of all the logins and passwords…

  • Playing it safe on public wifi networks

    Public wifi networks are great when they are free, like they now are at Starbucks, but you should practice some basic safety. Most public wifi networks do not use encryption passwords to get on, it makes it easier for the baristas and cashiers who don’t have to troubleshoot why the password isn’t working on your…

  • Facebook and your friends

    It is great fun to use Facebook and yet do you know what they are doing with your information? They recently enhanced their service with “Like” (a part of their Social plugins program) which Facebook is touting as a great way to share even more with your friends However, it also could end up letting…