Of course the bastards will do everything in their power to prevent it, but the answer is federal regulations requiring the explicit permission of the affected parties before any data on any individual is sold to anyone.
I don't want a bunch of strangers reading my dossiers (and I have had exactly this - I was affected by the ChoicePoint scam). If I had to approve every offering or sale of my data, I would have easily been able to block said scam.
that's a good point. but then how to send emails while away from your home IP? ISPs do the POP-first-then-SMTP thing, but the receiving mail server will need to make sure the sending server has the correct hostname and so on.
Yes. If it's anything like the Star Wars Episode 2 I saw in digital a few years ago, it will be obvious to the viewer that they are looking at a big-ass HDTV projector instead of a film.
But ChoicePoint maintained data sufficient to do identity theft on the affected consumers, without our permission. They sold these data to the crooks without our permission. That is the real scandal. (I was affected.)
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I don't want a bunch of strangers reading my dossiers (and I have had exactly this - I was affected by the ChoicePoint scam). If I had to approve every offering or sale of my data, I would have easily been able to block said scam.
Or use Nexxus hair care products.
that's a good point. but then how to send emails while away from your home IP? ISPs do the POP-first-then-SMTP thing, but the receiving mail server will need to make sure the sending server has the correct hostname and so on.
Do like other wireless ISPs do. Don't filter port 25, but also don't offer POP/SMTP. Users who want these services should get them from their own ISP.
Given that they accepted the likes of George W. Bush, would you want to be accepted?
Well, given that the Staten Island Ferry is now free, the customer would have been a dumbass to pay the 1958 charge (probably 25 cents).
If you still use Windows and IE, you are an idiot. That really is all there is to it.
oh wait .. never mind...
Spyware requires ActiveX. Now of course XP boxes are still vulnerable to viruses and worms that might attack them if unpatched.
That happens to me every day!
No, just you, for still using IE despite all evidence showing how stupid it is to do so.
I prefer http://nothingsuckslike.slashdot.org/
I wondered who was in my way recently.
Let me recommend Slashdot
Everyone else hollering "PUT YOUR FUCKING PHONE ON VIBRATE!"
Damn I hate ringtones.
He who sups with the devil should use a long spoon.
(it is realizing Dvorak is a troll.)
Yes. If it's anything like the Star Wars Episode 2 I saw in digital a few years ago, it will be obvious to the viewer that they are looking at a big-ass HDTV projector instead of a film.
Does PayMaxx do business in California? If so, it too may be subject to criminal liability for failing to protect individuals' information.
But ChoicePoint maintained data sufficient to do identity theft on the affected consumers, without our permission. They sold these data to the crooks without our permission. That is the real scandal. (I was affected.)
Best comment EVAR.
I ask myself: "How did I get here?" And then I ask myself: "Where is that beautiful house? Where is that beautiful wife?"
I'm happy, hope you're happy too...
Hahahaha that's a good one. My PowerBook has an estimated battery life of 3 hours but never gets more than 1.5.
With that record in book preservation, I doubt that they would be a very effective judge of what Google has to offer.