September 2009
7 posts
Schneier on Security: Immediacy Affects Risk... →
“One of the things we know about how emotional reactions work is they are not very objective, so people can get outraged or become fearful of what might actually be a relatively minor threat,” Van Boven said. “One worry is some people are aware of these kinds of effects and can use them to manipulate our actions in ways that we may prefer to avoid.”
“FemToCell uses YOUR existing broadband connection to make calls. Wait, you mean...”
– AT&T FemToCell: Why would anybody do this? | Macgasm
“Simply put, the iPhone is the first truly ‘personal’ computer; more...”
– iPhone, the ‘Personal’ Computer - Future of the Mobile Web - O’Reilly Broadcast
“What if, just like becoming a cannibal or painting your face green, you...”
– Seth’s Blog: Righteous indignation
Twitter's New Terms of Service in easy to... →
Advertising—In the Terms, we leave the door open for advertising. We’d like to keep our options open as we’ve said before. Ownership—Twitter is allowed to “use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute” your tweets because that’s what we do. However, they are your tweets and they belong to you. APIs—The apps that have grown...