I could tell you horror stories about dealing with Charter’s alleged "Tech Support" for the business account at my wife’s library that would curl your toes. This puts the last nail in their corporate coffin as far as I am concerned.
It’s one thing when Google uses your search for boobs to deliver targeted ads for plastic surgeons in your area. It’s another when your ISP uses deep-packet inspection to snoop on which sites you visit and for how long, and then essentially sells that data to advertisers for super-targeted. That’s exactly what Charter is about to do, calling it an "enhanced online experience." Naturally, the program is opt-out, not opt-in, so you’ve gotta take the initiative to hang on to one last shred of privacy. And no, they’re not passing on the money they’re making off your browsing habits in the form of discounts. (Read more)
SOURCE: gizmodo
| UPDATE: I was just reminded that Charter is a Paul Allen owned company. That explains a lot. |
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Marauding ants in Texas are raising IT havoc. This article tells of a non-indigenous species of ant that is heading straight for Houston, taking out computers, radios, vehicles and even a sewage treatment plant along its way. The bug situation is bad enough that the Johnson Space Center has had to call in the exterminators to keep the little critters out of their critical systems. (Read more)
To help kick off the 2008 North American Safe Boating Campaign, the USPS Amateur Radio Club will hold a special event at the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW, at American Radio Relay League headquarters in Newington, Conn., on 7 and 8 June. USPS operators will be reminding boaters everywhere of the campaign’s safe-boating theme, “Wear It!”
USPS and ARRL have been working together for the past several years. ARRL, which shares our commitment to education, safety and public service, has been promoting USPS boating and marine electronic education and seminars, while USPS has promoted ARRL membership, services and resources for radio amateurs. (more…)
My name is Bob, and I am a ham radio operator, freelance web developer and a retired commercial radio personality. It turns out that I also enjoy blogging...
