Have you considered rysnc? Dropbox uses it. So lots of people who don't even know what rsync is are now using it. We could all be using it for much more than just Dropbox. And if you have ever used gzip on html you know…
Interesting how "private" is in quotes. Maybe tech journalists, perhaps even their readers, are getting smarter. So with this app you are letting one company, Everyme, collect and archive all of your private data (to be…
4. Provide a compressed archive of the data the scrapers want and make it available. No one should have to scrape in the first place. It's not 1993 anymore. Sites want Google and others to have their data. Turns out…
If you want some interesting precedent, do some research on "Internet2" and the testimony of the RIAA to legislators. Do you know what a LAN is? It is an evil invention to share copyrighted works. It must be stopped. If…
"I think the main technical issue is probably the fact that most people are NATed." It's really not much of an issue as long as at least one peer has a reachable IP. I sometimes wonder how many people are under the…
Isn't this the crux of infamous "ad hominem" argument: attacking the person instead of their reasoning? Even smart people sometimes make stupid arguments. And good arguments can be made by anyone. It's very difficult to…
All due respect to Google, but I give primary credit for this to Danny Hillis. He was gathering and processing the data for this project years before going public with it and before merging with Google. It's yet another…
The answer is yes. There are multiple (non-VPN) ways to do it, all variations on a common theme. It's been done, multiple times over the past 10 years. But not much effort has gone into making these solutions user…
lol. I hear ya. (But I think Google and Facebook's data are qualitatively a bit different.) It's anyone's guess whether this online privacy stuff really means anything to most people. Obviously Google, Facebook, et al.…
Right. But if you only ever write and rarely ever read your writing will not be as good. Reading is essential to good writing. The quote you use is encouraging the reader to write, but it also presupposes that the…
"Facebook can now use data on users to serve them ads when they are not on the Facebook website." "This could generate billions." Or it could prime even more users for a privacy-respecting alternative.
This seems easily doable without involving a third party that needs to keep a record of every file sent, the time and the sender and recipient. But at least this is a step in the right direction. Now, what if she sends…
23andMe has some very close connections to Google. An affinity for collecting personal information on others runs in the family. ;)
It just goes to show that you do not need great knowledge of programming to launch a business that relies on it. The founders of Bloomberg LP all had very good knowledge of the financial sector and the technology used…
The way you learn to write well is by reading. And of course it makes a difference what you read. Learning how to do anything well takes practice. But you will not become a good writer unless you read. As for what you…
Maybe the thought of people who do know how to communicate, such as Mayor Bloomberg, learning to code is bothersome to Jeff Atwood. If so, consider why. My concern is that Bloomberg is just looking for money. He may…
Have you considered rysnc? Dropbox uses it. So lots of people who don't even know what rsync is are now using it. We could all be using it for much more than just Dropbox. And if you have ever used gzip on html you know…
Interesting how "private" is in quotes. Maybe tech journalists, perhaps even their readers, are getting smarter. So with this app you are letting one company, Everyme, collect and archive all of your private data (to be…
4. Provide a compressed archive of the data the scrapers want and make it available. No one should have to scrape in the first place. It's not 1993 anymore. Sites want Google and others to have their data. Turns out…
If you want some interesting precedent, do some research on "Internet2" and the testimony of the RIAA to legislators. Do you know what a LAN is? It is an evil invention to share copyrighted works. It must be stopped. If…
"I think the main technical issue is probably the fact that most people are NATed." It's really not much of an issue as long as at least one peer has a reachable IP. I sometimes wonder how many people are under the…
Isn't this the crux of infamous "ad hominem" argument: attacking the person instead of their reasoning? Even smart people sometimes make stupid arguments. And good arguments can be made by anyone. It's very difficult to…
All due respect to Google, but I give primary credit for this to Danny Hillis. He was gathering and processing the data for this project years before going public with it and before merging with Google. It's yet another…
The answer is yes. There are multiple (non-VPN) ways to do it, all variations on a common theme. It's been done, multiple times over the past 10 years. But not much effort has gone into making these solutions user…
lol. I hear ya. (But I think Google and Facebook's data are qualitatively a bit different.) It's anyone's guess whether this online privacy stuff really means anything to most people. Obviously Google, Facebook, et al.…
Right. But if you only ever write and rarely ever read your writing will not be as good. Reading is essential to good writing. The quote you use is encouraging the reader to write, but it also presupposes that the…
"Facebook can now use data on users to serve them ads when they are not on the Facebook website." "This could generate billions." Or it could prime even more users for a privacy-respecting alternative.
This seems easily doable without involving a third party that needs to keep a record of every file sent, the time and the sender and recipient. But at least this is a step in the right direction. Now, what if she sends…
23andMe has some very close connections to Google. An affinity for collecting personal information on others runs in the family. ;)
It just goes to show that you do not need great knowledge of programming to launch a business that relies on it. The founders of Bloomberg LP all had very good knowledge of the financial sector and the technology used…
The way you learn to write well is by reading. And of course it makes a difference what you read. Learning how to do anything well takes practice. But you will not become a good writer unless you read. As for what you…
Maybe the thought of people who do know how to communicate, such as Mayor Bloomberg, learning to code is bothersome to Jeff Atwood. If so, consider why. My concern is that Bloomberg is just looking for money. He may…