For the past few months, some of the world’s leading cryptographers have been keeping a closely guarded secret about a pioneering new invention. Today, they’ve decided it’s time to tell all. Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments’ feathers with a “surveillance-proof” smartphone app to allow… Original post on slate.com Comments on reddit.com
Reason has a great (if disappointing) post noting the very different reactions from both the press and the public to silly and exaggerated stories about privacy issues around Facebook as compared to the Senate reapproving the FISA Amendments Act… Original post on techdirt.com Comments on reddit.com
Now that Capital One has bought ING Direct USA for $9 billion, here’s a plea on the behalf of all ING Direct customers who have long gotten a kick out of the way the company’s marketing mocks other banks for being fee crazy and nickel and diming customers: Please don’t turn ING Direct into just another bank that the old ING Direct would’ve made fun of. Original post on time.com Comments on reddit.com