You got a link to this? I hadn't heard this, and I'd like to post it. I'd been drifting back in that direction after getting hold of a cardnumber that points at a nonexistent residence in another state, but if they're quisling out to the Empire, I won't do business with'em for shoelaces or a stick of gum.
As for monitoring, folks? There's a reason I keep my own personal server in a colo I trust implicitly, and set up a secure encrypted tunneling proxy to do my browsing with when I don't trust the uplink... I'm even doing it presently from work, just as a matter of policy.
No, it's not something your Aunt Matilda can do. OTOH, there is something your Aunt Matilda can do that's *even better* (albeit kinda slow in the browsing)... go grab the Torbutton plugin for Firefox. At that point you can give anybody you want to the digitus impudicus about monitoring... it's going out random servers over a secure link, and unless something makes it obvious, even *you* don't know where your end point is. (I remember Googling something on Tor once, and finding myself at google.de... :)
I agree that Safeway should suffer the consequences of their actions. And that we should be vocal about it. BUT. We should also *take control of our own data*, actively and daily. Email too. (Those interested, see me after class.)
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As for monitoring, folks? There's a reason I keep my own personal server in a colo I trust implicitly, and set up a secure encrypted tunneling proxy to do my browsing with when I don't trust the uplink... I'm even doing it presently from work, just as a matter of policy.
No, it's not something your Aunt Matilda can do. OTOH, there is something your Aunt Matilda can do that's *even better* (albeit kinda slow in the browsing)... go grab the Torbutton plugin for Firefox. At that point you can give anybody you want to the digitus impudicus about monitoring... it's going out random servers over a secure link, and unless something makes it obvious, even *you* don't know where your end point is. (I remember Googling something on Tor once, and finding myself at google.de... :)
I agree that Safeway should suffer the consequences of their actions. And that we should be vocal about it. BUT. We should also *take control of our own data*, actively and daily. Email too. (Those interested, see me after class.)