Archive for June 21st, 2013

Un-Gotcha: 10 ways to protect your online privacy …

June 21, 2013

Useful compilation from Forbes … some no-brainers, some new (to me).

Ranges from clearing browser cookies & history frequently to masking IP addresses.

Worth browsing.

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Fugetaboutit: “Turn off all electronic equipment”

June 21, 2013

According to the WSJ

The FAA is going to relax rules for electronic “gadgets” used in flight … allowing them to be used at low altitudes … sometimes even during take-off and landing.

Unfortunately, the change won’t apply to cellphones which will still restricted to high altitudes use.

 

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 Here are some details …

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Nums: Who trusts TV news?

June 21, 2013

According to a new Gallup poll, not many people … less than 1 in 4

That’s down from 46% in 1993 … twenty years ago.

 

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Old folks (30%) cut the most slack; college educated folks (15%) cut the least.

Not surprising, liberals (26%) trust TV news more than conservatives (18%)

 

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All of which leads to a bigger question: if folks don’t trust government, corporations, media … what’s left?

Who to trust?

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