What information could Google release/lose/etc if the data was not protected? According to their privacy policy Google records the following information in their server logs:
Here is an example of a typical log entry where the search is for "cars", followed by a breakdown of its parts:
* 123.45.67.89 - 25/Mar/2003 10:15:32 - http://www.google.com/search?q=cars - Firefox 1.0.7; Windows NT 5.1 - 740674ce2123e969 * 123.45.67.89 is the Internet Protocol address assigned to the user by the user's ISP; depending on the user's service, a different address may be assigned to the user by their service provider each time they connect to the Internet; * 25/Mar/2003 10:15:32 is the date and time of the query; * http://www.google.com/search?q=cars is the requested URL, including the search query; Firefox 1.0.7; Windows NT 5.1 is the browser and operating system being used; and * 740674ce2123a969 is the unique cookie ID assigned to this particular computer the first time it visited Google. (Cookies can be deleted by users. If the user has deleted the cookie from the computer since the last time s/he visited Google, then it will be the unique cookie ID assigned to the user the next time s/he visits Google from that particular computer).
I've seen several discussions about how wikipedia works and in general I think it does work very well. There is one issue that I've come across recently that illistrates one of the flaws where a site IMO was improperly blacklisted. In this case, one user was trying to promote a site that he was an admin for on wikipedia. Unfortunatly due to his actions, the site (not the user) was blacklisted. It happens to be a site that has been featured on Slashdot several times:
It's a great site and I hate to see it banned from wikipedia. I brought this to the attention of wikihow about a week ago in their forum - http://www.wikihow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1296 wikiHow uses the same software and the same blacklist but it looks like they have removed the site in question from their blacklist. Anyone have any suggestions to get this site restored?
According to a January Pew/Internet Study, online activity enhances social contact rather than promoting isolation. According to the report, email and the Internet supplements rather than replaces offline communication.
'The larger, the more far-flung, and the more diverse a person's network, the more important email is,' reports Jeffrey Boase, co-author of the study. For example, people who e-mail their friends and family at least once a week are 25% more likely to have phone contact. Internet users, on average, have 37 close friends instead of an average of 30 for non-Internet users. In addition to enhancing social networks, the researchers also discovered that 45% of people turn to their online network to help make major life decisions such as dealing with a major illness, choosing a school, making investment decisions, changing jobs or finding a new place to live.
Blog Post: http://www.omninerd.com/news/news.php?nid=509
Study: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/172/report_displa y.asp
If you are looking for a good reference to understand a rootkit I recommend Matt Vea's article "Rootkits: The 'r00t' of Digital Evil." He wrote it back in Novemeber when the Sony fiasco was first revealed. Link: http://www.omninerd.com/2005/11/22/articles/43
Brandon answered the question in the article comments, "Assuming no time between tracks, the test ran for about 15.41 minutes (924.81 seconds)." (See http://www.omninerd.com/2006/02/11/news/530)
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Matt Vea wrote an interesting article about the security vulnerabilities you have with an OS out of the box. He covers just about all the OS's out there and incrementally patches them. Although the article is over a year old I think you will be suprised with how many holes there are on a system that hasn't been patched in awhile.
http://www.omninerd.com/2004/08/30/articles/11
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What information could Google release/lose/etc if the data was not protected? According to their privacy policy Google records the following information in their server logs:
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Here is an example of a typical log entry where the search is for "cars", followed by a breakdown of its parts:
* 123.45.67.89 - 25/Mar/2003 10:15:32 - http://www.google.com/search?q=cars - Firefox 1.0.7; Windows NT 5.1 - 740674ce2123e969
* 123.45.67.89 is the Internet Protocol address assigned to the user by the user's ISP; depending on the user's service, a different address may be assigned to the user by their service provider each time they connect to the Internet;
* 25/Mar/2003 10:15:32 is the date and time of the query;
* http://www.google.com/search?q=cars is the requested URL, including the search query;
Firefox 1.0.7; Windows NT 5.1 is the browser and operating system being used; and
* 740674ce2123a969 is the unique cookie ID assigned to this particular computer the first time it visited Google. (Cookies can be deleted by users. If the user has deleted the cookie from the computer since the last time s/he visited Google, then it will be the unique cookie ID assigned to the user the next time s/he visits Google from that particular computer).
See http://www.omninerd.com/2006/01/25/news/489?highl
I've seen several discussions about how wikipedia works and in general I think it does work very well. There is one issue that I've come across recently that illistrates one of the flaws where a site IMO was improperly blacklisted. In this case, one user was trying to promote a site that he was an admin for on wikipedia. Unfortunatly due to his actions, the site (not the user) was blacklisted. It happens to be a site that has been featured on Slashdot several times:
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Crunching the Math On iTunes - http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/28
A Look at Bootstrapping - http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/
The Math Behind the Hybrid Hype - http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11
More iTunes Math - http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/
Leaving Early May Cost You Time - http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/
It's a great site and I hate to see it banned from wikipedia. I brought this to the attention of wikihow about a week ago in their forum - http://www.wikihow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1296 wikiHow uses the same software and the same blacklist but it looks like they have removed the site in question from their blacklist. Anyone have any suggestions to get this site restored?
According to a January Pew/Internet Study, online activity enhances social contact rather than promoting isolation. According to the report, email and the Internet supplements rather than replaces offline communication. 'The larger, the more far-flung, and the more diverse a person's network, the more important email is,' reports Jeffrey Boase, co-author of the study. For example, people who e-mail their friends and family at least once a week are 25% more likely to have phone contact. Internet users, on average, have 37 close friends instead of an average of 30 for non-Internet users. In addition to enhancing social networks, the researchers also discovered that 45% of people turn to their online network to help make major life decisions such as dealing with a major illness, choosing a school, making investment decisions, changing jobs or finding a new place to live. Blog Post: http://www.omninerd.com/news/news.php?nid=509 Study: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/172/report_displa y.asp
If you are looking for a good reference to understand a rootkit I recommend Matt Vea's article "Rootkits: The 'r00t' of Digital Evil." He wrote it back in Novemeber when the Sony fiasco was first revealed. Link: http://www.omninerd.com/2005/11/22/articles/43
Brandon answered the question in the article comments, "Assuming no time between tracks, the test ran for about 15.41 minutes (924.81 seconds)." (See http://www.omninerd.com/2006/02/11/news/530)
Here's the Slashdot post to OmniNerd's first iTunes article: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/28/ 0616225
Direct link to the first article:
http://www.omninerd.com/2005/08/25/articles/34
Matt Vea wrote an interesting article about the security vulnerabilities you have with an OS out of the box. He covers just about all the OS's out there and incrementally patches them. Although the article is over a year old I think you will be suprised with how many holes there are on a system that hasn't been patched in awhile. http://www.omninerd.com/2004/08/30/articles/11